American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
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... BEAUTY A nobler want of man is served by nature , namely , the love of Beauty . 3 The ancient Greeks called the world кóσμos , 3 beauty . Such is the constitution of all things , or such the plastic power of the human eye , that the ...
... BEAUTY A nobler want of man is served by nature , namely , the love of Beauty . 3 The ancient Greeks called the world кóσμos , 3 beauty . Such is the constitution of all things , or such the plastic power of the human eye , that the ...
Page 937
... beauty of Nature which is seen and felt as beauty , is the least part . The shows of day , the dewy morning , the rainbow , moun- tains , orchards in blossom , stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly ...
... beauty of Nature which is seen and felt as beauty , is the least part . The shows of day , the dewy morning , the rainbow , moun- tains , orchards in blossom , stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly ...
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... Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem . A few words , however , in elucidation of my real meaning , which some of my friends have evinced a disposition to mis- represent . That pleasure which is at once the most intense ...
... Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem . A few words , however , in elucidation of my real meaning , which some of my friends have evinced a disposition to mis- represent . That pleasure which is at once the most intense ...
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Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and Plenty | 34 |
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