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Page 85
... effect when so unsparingly laid on . The mind readily welcomes the poetical and intensed lines : " And through the darkness of the widow's heart Trembled a nerve of tenderness , that shook Her thought of pride all suddenly to tears ...
... effect when so unsparingly laid on . The mind readily welcomes the poetical and intensed lines : " And through the darkness of the widow's heart Trembled a nerve of tenderness , that shook Her thought of pride all suddenly to tears ...
Page 105
... effect of stimulants , and not the result of symmetrical elasticity and genuine cheerfulness . To produce an effect by contrast let us create the opposite of the being personified by Collins , and we have the female Frankenstein muse of ...
... effect of stimulants , and not the result of symmetrical elasticity and genuine cheerfulness . To produce an effect by contrast let us create the opposite of the being personified by Collins , and we have the female Frankenstein muse of ...
Page 106
... effect is very comical ; first one allusion , then another , until at length a roar of laughter follows the experiment , and convinces us we have proved our point . There is also at times a most inappropriate use of " adjec- tives ...
... effect is very comical ; first one allusion , then another , until at length a roar of laughter follows the experiment , and convinces us we have proved our point . There is also at times a most inappropriate use of " adjec- tives ...
Page 118
... effects every year he wrote , as his numerous tales unmistakably testify ; but his verses seemed modelled on his earliest school . Of all poets he seems earliest to have caught the trick of verse . His schoolboy effusions possess the ...
... effects every year he wrote , as his numerous tales unmistakably testify ; but his verses seemed modelled on his earliest school . Of all poets he seems earliest to have caught the trick of verse . His schoolboy effusions possess the ...
Page 120
... effect produced on the mind by his charmed verses . His witchcraft was invisible ; the spell was a pervading power . In Mr. Poe , who in some respects may be called a mechanical or machine Coleridge , we have more of the old conjurer's ...
... effect produced on the mind by his charmed verses . His witchcraft was invisible ; the spell was a pervading power . In Mr. Poe , who in some respects may be called a mechanical or machine Coleridge , we have more of the old conjurer's ...
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