 | William Lisle Bowles - 1820 - 66 էջ
...but he is not a poet in the same high order as MILTON is. " Do " you understand my meaning;" or are you prepared to say, that, in the highest flight of...art «' are not less poetical, per se, than works of " NATUBE." Mr. BOWLES'S arguments to prove this, the Muggletonian cautiously keeps out of sight. Mr.... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 572 էջ
...exquisite descriptions of nature! No such thing;) — EXQUISITE DESCRIPTIONS of artificial objects are not less CHARACTERISTIC of GENIUS than the description of simple physical appearances ! ! " In the first place, Campbell never knew I had spoken of " passions," as the most essential part... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 էջ
...before me. " Mr. CAMPBELL judges, that the exquisite description of artificial objects and manners is NOT LESS CHARACTERISTIC of GENIUS than the description of simple physical appearances.'" Jn the first place, CAMPBELL overlooked entirely what I had made the chief principle of poetry, taking... | |
 | 1822 - 580 էջ
..." negatur" ? "Mr. CAMPBELL judges, that the exquisite description of artificial objects and manners is .NOT LESS CHARACTERISTIC of GENIUS than the description of simple physical appearances!" Without talking of "exquisite description" of art as "characteristic of geinus," will any one deny,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1901 - 446 էջ
...Pope both as a man and a poet, and maintained that "exquisite descriptions of artificial objects are not less characteristic of genius than the description of simple physical appearances." He instanced Milton's description of Satan's spear and shield, and gave an animated picture of the... | |
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The " exquisite description of artificial manners and " habits is NOT LESS characteristic of genius than " the description of simple physical appearances. 