Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 87
... natural manner is difficult only to him who should never meddle with it - to the unnatural . It is but the result of writing with the understanding , or with the instinct , that the tone , in compo- sition , should always be that which ...
... natural manner is difficult only to him who should never meddle with it - to the unnatural . It is but the result of writing with the understanding , or with the instinct , that the tone , in compo- sition , should always be that which ...
Page 158
... natural feet alone must necessarily have been confined , would have led , after a very brief interval , to the trial and immediate adoption of artificial feet - that is to say , of feet not constituted each of a single word , but two or ...
... natural feet alone must necessarily have been confined , would have led , after a very brief interval , to the trial and immediate adoption of artificial feet - that is to say , of feet not constituted each of a single word , but two or ...
Page 164
... natural , at least to no well - comprehended , and therefore uniform , law . Beyond a very narrow and vague limit the whole matter is conventionality . And if we differ in emphasis even when we agree in comprehension , how much more so ...
... natural , at least to no well - comprehended , and therefore uniform , law . Beyond a very narrow and vague limit the whole matter is conventionality . And if we differ in emphasis even when we agree in comprehension , how much more so ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
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