 Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And, as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age.  Life of Milton - Page 154by David Masson - 1860 - 267 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...continued as it is through several clauses. Suppose that the latter part of this example had read, " As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions,...outlines of certainty become more and more definite, as the weight of probability increases, the lines and lineaments of the phantoms which it calls up,... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 360 pages
...19th century. This at least we may affirm, that since his time " the outlines of certainty" have not " become more and more definite, and the shades of probability more and more distinct," with regard to any thing which could influence him when he produced his finest plays. What subsequent... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose most...the shades of probability more and more distinct, (he hues and lineaments of the phantoms which it calls up grow fainter and fainter. We cannot unite... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...continued as it is through several clauses. Suppose that the latter part of this example had read, " As the light of know-ledge breaks in upon its exhibitions,...outlines of certainty become more and more definite, as the weight of probability increases, the lines and lineaments of the phantoms which it calls up,... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...continued as it is through several clauses. Suppose that the latter part of this example had read, " As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions,...outlines of certainty become more and more definite, as the weight of probability increases, the lines and lineaments of the phantoms which it calls up,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And, as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose most...lineaments of the phantoms which it calls up grow * Seethe Dialogue between Socrates and Ip. He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires... | |
 | Samuel P. NEWMAN - English language - 1843 - 322 pages
...of the body. And as a magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose best in & dark age. As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions, aa the outlines of certainty become more and more definite, and the shades of probability more and... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
...mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose most...of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions, as the outline of certainty becomes more and more definite, and the shades of probability more and more distinct,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...its purpose most completely in a dark age. As the ight of knowledge breaks in upon it- exhibiions. as the outlines of certainty become more and more...probability more and more distinct, the hues and lineaments fthe phantoms which it calls up grow fainter ind fainter. We cannot unite the incompatible idvantagcs... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 144 pages
...the eye of the body. And as a magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose best in a dark age. As the light of knowledge breaks in...shades of probability more and more distinct, the lines and lineaments of the phantoms which it calls up, grow fainter and fainter. 15. We are constantly... | |
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