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... things before the eyes ' ; but ' setting things before the eyes ' turns out itself to be a metaphor , and not , as one might imagine , a demand for the visual image . This is my definition , ' says Aristotle : Those words set a thing ...
... things before the eyes ' ; but ' setting things before the eyes ' turns out itself to be a metaphor , and not , as one might imagine , a demand for the visual image . This is my definition , ' says Aristotle : Those words set a thing ...
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... things , and if I had had time , I would have made myself remem- bered . ' It seems almost a sacrilege to anatomize words so poignant , so lovely . They are locked up in men's hearts for ever , as the voice of one of the bravest and ...
... things , and if I had had time , I would have made myself remem- bered . ' It seems almost a sacrilege to anatomize words so poignant , so lovely . They are locked up in men's hearts for ever , as the voice of one of the bravest and ...
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... things ' , but as ' I have loved the principle of beauty in all things ' . ' Principle ' now does not mean ' element ' , it means ' idea ' ; and Keats is saying ' I have loved the idea , that there is beauty in all things ' . Now , I ...
... things ' , but as ' I have loved the principle of beauty in all things ' . ' Principle ' now does not mean ' element ' , it means ' idea ' ; and Keats is saying ' I have loved the idea , that there is beauty in all things ' . Now , I ...
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THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM | 1 |
POETRY AND PROSE ΙΟ | 10 |
STENDHAL | 25 |
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