There is a vast variety of kinds and, in degree of value, these kinds vary — but each tale is equally good of its kind. The loftiest kind is that of the highest imagination — and, for this reason only, " Ligeia The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Seite 258von Edgar Allan Poe - 1902Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 Seiten
...principally arrest my attention would be their wide diversity and variety. You will be surprised to hear mo say that, (omitting one or two of my first efforts,) I do not consider any one of my stories better than another. There is a vast variety of kinds, and, in degree of value, these kinds vary —... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1856 - 588 Seiten
...works. Elsewhere Mr. Poe distinctly disowns such an opinion. In one of his letters, he writes : — " Omitting one or two of my first efforts, I do not consider any one of my stories better than another. There is a vast variety of kinds, and. in degree of value, these kinds vary, —... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857 - 560 Seiten
...my attention wonld be their wido diversity and tcriety. Yon will be surprised to hear me say lha(. (omitting one or two of my first efforts.) I do not consider any one of my stories better than another. There Is a vast variety of kinds, and. In degree of value, these kinds vary —... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1859 - 558 Seiten
...merit which would principally arrest my attention would be their wido diversity and variety. You will be surprised to hear me say that, (omitting one or two of my first efflrns.) I do not consider any one of my stories better than another. There it a vast va riety of... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 568 Seiten
...merit which would principally arrest my attention would be their wide divtrritf and variety. Yon will be surprised to hear me say that, (omitting one or...efforts.) I do not consider any one of my stories better than another. There is a vast variety of kinds, and, in degree of value, these kinds vary—... | |
| 1868 - 418 Seiten
...happy, happy " days that are no moreT' Poe himself says, in spealdngof the relative merits oi his tales, "There is a vast variety of kinds, and in degree of...these kinds vary; but each tale is equally good of itt kind. The loftiest kind is that of the highest imagination — and for this reason only ' Ligeia... | |
| Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1907 - 968 Seiten
...his tales when contrasted one with another; and he asserted that he did not consider any one better than another. "There is a vast variety of kinds, and...these kinds vary — but each tale is equally good o/ its kind." He added that "the 'loftiest kind is that of the highest imagination." For this reason... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 496 Seiten
...my mind in its various phases — it is not giving me fair play. In writing these Tales one by one, at long intervals, I have kept the book-unity always...first efforts) I do not consider any one of my stories better than another. There is a vast variety of kinds and, in degree of value, these kinds vary —... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 478 Seiten
...always in mind — that is, each has been composed with reference to its effect as part of a vibole. In this view, one of my chief aims has been the widest...first efforts) I do not consider any one of my stories better than another. There is a vast variety of kinds and, in degree of value, these kinds vary —... | |
| James Albert Harrison - 1903 - 564 Seiten
...merit which would principally arrest my attention would be their wide diversity and variety. You will be surprised to hear me say that, (omitting one or...efforts,) I do not consider any one of my stories better than another. There is a vast variety of kinds, and, in degree of value, the kinds vary —... | |
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