...the subtleties whieh would make poetry a study — not a )M,ssion — it beeomes the metaphysieian to reason — but the poet to protest. Yet Wordsworth and Coleridge are men in year« ; the one imbued in eontemplation from hi- ehildhood, the other a giant in intelleet and learning....

...happiness, and pleasure is the end already obtained which instruction ,s merely the means of obtaining." " Against the subtleties which would make poetry a study — not a passion," pursues the fiery-hearted lad, "it becomes the metaphysician to reason — but the poet to protest...

...should no doubt be tempted to think of the devil in Melmoth, who labours indefatigably through three octavo volumes to accomplish the destruction of one...men in years ; the one imbued in contemplation from childhood, the other a giant in intellect and learning. The diffidence, then, with -which I venture...

...should no doubt be tempted to think of the devil in Melmoth, who labours indefatigably, through three octavo volumes, to accomplish the destruction of one...Against the subtleties which would make poetry a study * Spoudiotaton kai philosophikotaton genos. — not a passion — it becomes the metaphysician to reason...

...the devil in "Melmoth," who plots and counterplots through three octavo volumes for the entrapment of one or two souls, while any common devil would have demolished one or two thousand. When, therefore, we assert that these practical-joke publications are not " literature," because not...

...should no doubt be tempted to think of the devil in ' Melmoth,' who labors indefatigably through three octavo volumes to accomplish the destruction of one...devil would have demolished one or two thousand." Again : " Against the subtleties which would make poetry a study — not a passion — it becomes the...

...should no doubt be tempted to think of the devil in Melmoth, who labours indefatigably, through three octavo volumes, to accomplish the destruction of one...common devil would have demolished one or two thousand. ... j Against the subtleties which would make poetry a study I * Spoudiotaton kai philosophikotaton...

...should no doubt be tempted to think of the devil in 'Melmoth,' who labors indefatigably, through three octavo volumes, to accomplish the destruction of one...becomes the metaphysician to reason — but the poet to pro test. Yet Wordsworth and Coleridge are men fu years ; the one imbued in contemplation from his...

...should no doubt be tempted to think of the devil in Melmoth, who labours indefatigably, through three octavo volumes, to accomplish the destruction of one...would have demolished one or two thousand. Against the subleties which would make poetry a study — not a passion — it becomes the metaphysician to reason...

...Philosophy of Composition." POETRY A PASSION, NOT A STUDY [Southern Literary Messenger, JULY, 1836] . . . Against the subtleties which would make poetry a study...Wordsworth and Coleridge are men in years; the one embued in contemplation from his childhood, the other a giant in intellect and in learning. The diffidence,...