Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 52
... pleasure from the second . I dare say Milton preferred " Comus " to either - if so , justly . As I am speaking of ... pleasure ; therefore the end of instruc- tion should be pleasure ; yet we see the above - mentioned opinion im- plies ...
... pleasure from the second . I dare say Milton preferred " Comus " to either - if so , justly . As I am speaking of ... pleasure ; therefore the end of instruc- tion should be pleasure ; yet we see the above - mentioned opinion im- plies ...
Page 56
... pleasure , being a poem only so far as this object is attained : romance presenting perceptible images with definite ... pleasurable idea , is poetry : music , without the idea , is simply music : the idea , without the music , is prose ...
... pleasure , being a poem only so far as this object is attained : romance presenting perceptible images with definite ... pleasurable idea , is poetry : music , without the idea , is simply music : the idea , without the music , is prose ...
Page 153
... pleasure seems to be squared ; on bringing to view a third , it appears to be cubed , and so on . I have no doubt , indeed , that the delight experi- enced , if measurable , would be found to have exact mathematical relations such as I ...
... pleasure seems to be squared ; on bringing to view a third , it appears to be cubed , and so on . I have no doubt , indeed , that the delight experi- enced , if measurable , would be found to have exact mathematical relations such as I ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
Copyright | |
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