But the knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet; he must be acquainted likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all... Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ... - Seite 886 von Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 1120 Seiten Vollansicht -
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