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Description:Excerpt from The Beauties of Ancient English Poetry The two instances quoted, may not appear thus solitarily to have much weight to the reader; yet surely it will be admitted, that so unpoetical a declaration from the hand of a poet, is at least a strong probable indication of the overpowering opinion of his contemporaries, which could so far repress the native feeling of poetry in his mind. No man will believe that Goldsmith, now living, would have so judged. It is to little purpose however, to cite especial circumstances, for, after all, there is nothing but to refer the reader to his own knowledge for the fact assumed - that there has been of late years, and is, at this time, in the mind of the country, a strong determination of enquiry as to the monuments of its earlier history, and an earnest desire to discover for intellectual speculation, and perhaps for something of a moral love, the faithful representation of ages which had long been given up without regret or regard, to be lost in the darkness of time. And certainly nothing can be imagined more deplorable in the feelings of a people than the voluntary forgetfulness of the mental achievements of their ancestors. The living and creating spirit of literature is its nationality. Whatever is introduced into it from abroad, or added to it from within, should be, and, if it is of any value, must be, in harmony with its past greatness. It was the glory of the Greeks that their literature was native; it was the fatality of the Romans that theirs was imported.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Beauties of Ancient English Poetry. To get started finding The Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Beauties of Ancient English Poetry The two instances quoted, may not appear thus solitarily to have much weight to the reader; yet surely it will be admitted, that so unpoetical a declaration from the hand of a poet, is at least a strong probable indication of the overpowering opinion of his contemporaries, which could so far repress the native feeling of poetry in his mind. No man will believe that Goldsmith, now living, would have so judged. It is to little purpose however, to cite especial circumstances, for, after all, there is nothing but to refer the reader to his own knowledge for the fact assumed - that there has been of late years, and is, at this time, in the mind of the country, a strong determination of enquiry as to the monuments of its earlier history, and an earnest desire to discover for intellectual speculation, and perhaps for something of a moral love, the faithful representation of ages which had long been given up without regret or regard, to be lost in the darkness of time. And certainly nothing can be imagined more deplorable in the feelings of a people than the voluntary forgetfulness of the mental achievements of their ancestors. The living and creating spirit of literature is its nationality. Whatever is introduced into it from abroad, or added to it from within, should be, and, if it is of any value, must be, in harmony with its past greatness. It was the glory of the Greeks that their literature was native; it was the fatality of the Romans that theirs was imported.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Beauties of Ancient English Poetry. To get started finding The Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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