 His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enchantment. No sooner are they pronounced,...  An Essay on the Influence of Poetry on the Mind - Page 74by J. Hemming Webb - 1839 - 86 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1826 - 126 pages
...poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in...Change the structure of the sentence ; substitute one synonyme for another, and the whole effect is destroyed. The spell loses- its power; and he who should... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in...Change the structure of the sentence : substitute one synonyme for another, and the whole effect is destroyed. The spell loses its power; and he who should... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in...Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one synonyme for another, and the whole effect is destroyed. The spell loses its power; and he who should... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 pages
...poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in...of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial places of tfre memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in...enchantment. No sooner are they pronounced, than the past is 1 Campbell. " Specimens, &c.," Introduction, p. Ixxx. 8 Dr. Johnson. "Life of Milton." present and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in...of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial places of the memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in...of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial places of the memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one... | |
 | 1846 - 406 pages
...those days of Auld long syne, I could say in the words of the original and picturesque Macaulay, " New forms of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial places of the memory give up their dead." LAYINO THE CORNER-STONE OF THE BUNKER-HItL MONUMENT.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in...Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one synonyme for another, and the whole effect is destroyed. The spell loses its power : and he who should... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...ineantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would scem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enehantment; no sooner are they pronouneed, than the past is present, and the distant near. New forms... | |
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