 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 pagina’s
...it has no concern whatever either with Duty or with Truth. ' A few words, however, in explanation. That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...that pleasurable elevation, or excitement, of the tout, which we recognise as the Poetic Sentiment, and which is so easily distinguished from Truth,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 462 pagina’s
...incidentally, it has no concern whatever either with Duty or with Truth. A few words, however, in explanation. That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the Beauti!ul. In the contemplation of Beauty we alone find it possible to attain that pleasurable elevation,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pagina’s
...incidentally, it has no concern whatever either with Duty or with Truth. A few words, however, in explanation. That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...pleasurable elevation, or excitement, of the soul, which we recognise as the Poetic Sentiment, and which is so easily distinguished from Truth, which is the satisfaction... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 332 pagina’s
...incidentally, it has no concern whatever either with Duty or with Truth. A few words, however, in explanation. That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...possible to attain that pleasurable elevation, or 227 excitement, of the soul, which we recognise as the Poetic Sentiment, and which is so easily distinguished... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 388 pagina’s
...either with Duty or with Truth. A few words, however, in explanation. That pleasure whieh is at onee the most pure, the most elevating, and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the eontemplation of the Beautiful. In the eontemplation of Beauty we alone find it possible to attain... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1866 - 332 pagina’s
...incidentally, it has no concern whatever either with Duty or with Truth. A few words, however, in explanation. That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...distinguished from Truth, which is the satisfaction of the lieason, or from Passion, which is the excitement of the heart. I make Beauty, therefore — using... | |
 | 1870 - 936 pagina’s
...poetry." Poe : •' I would define the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty." Again : " In the contemplation of beauty we alone find it possible...distinguished from truth, which is the satisfaction of reason, or from passion, which is the excitement of the heart." The Zoroastrian definition of poetry,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 196 pagina’s
...incidentally, it has no concern whatever either with Duty pr with Truth. A few words, however, in explanation. That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...contemplation of Beauty, we alone find it possible to attain this pleasurable elevation or excitement of the soul which we recognize as the poetic sentiment, and... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 pagina’s
...few words, however, in explanation. Thai pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevatmg, and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from...pleasurable elevation, or excitement, of the soul, which we recognise as the Poetic Sentiment, and which is so easily distinguished from Truth, which is the satisfaction... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1879 - 336 pagina’s
...incidentally, it has no concern whatever either with Duty or with Truth. A few words, however, in explanation. That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...contemplation of Beauty, we alone find it possible to attain this pleasurable elevation or excitement of the soul which we recognize as the poetic sentiment, and... | |
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That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating, and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the Beautiful. 
