... images in so clear a light, that it is impossible to be blind to them. The works of Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader co-operate with that of the writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere... Life of Milton - Página 160por David Masson - 1860 - 267 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Milton - 1826 - 126 páginas
...of its fuel, but penetrated the whole superincumbent mass with its own heat and radiance. (P. 310.) We often hear of the magical influence of poetry....but, applied to the writings of Milton, it is most appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in... | |
| 1835 - 932 páginas
...comprehended or enjoyed, unless Ihe mind of the reader co-operate with that of the ЛУП ter. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive...but, applied to the writings of Milton, it is most appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 páginas
...play for a mere passive listener. He sketches, and leaves others to fill up the outline. He VOL I. 3 strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to make...but, applied to the writings of Milton, it is most appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 páginas
...be comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader cooperate with that of the Writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive...sketches, and leaves others to fill up the outline. He VOL i. 3 strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to make out the melody. We often hear of the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 páginas
...comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader co-operate with that of the writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive...but, applied to the writings of Milton, it is most appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 páginas
...comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind i: the reader co-operate with that of the wriier. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive...He strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to muh out the melody. We often hear of the magical influence o! poetry. The expression in general mean«... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 564 páginas
...electrifies the mind through conductors, — that he sketches, and leaves others to fill up the outline, — strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to make out the melody ; — and, in speaking of the Allegro and the Penseroso, that "these poems differ from others, as ottar... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...and action to superior beings, to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven."2 "We often hear of the magical influence of poetry....but, applied to the writings of Milton, it is most appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader co-operata with that of the writer. He does by supporting them. These maxims are as old as the...Prince of Wales, and continued to declaim against the appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 páginas
...be comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader cooperate with that of'the writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive listener. He sketches, and leaves other^ lo fill up the outline. He strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to make out the melody.... | |
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