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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1834 Excerpt: ... rival was his wife; and as it is said that no man is a hero to his valet de chamhre, it may be concluded that few men can retain their position on the pedestal of genius vis-a-vis to one who has heen hehind the curtain, unless that one is unskilled in the art of judging, and consequently admires the more because she does not understand. Genius, like greatness, should be seen at a distance, for neither will bear a too close inspection. Imagine the hero of a hundred fights in his cotton night cap, subject to all the infirmities of human nature, and there is an end of his sublimity, --and see a poet whose works have raised our thoughts above this sphere of common every-day existence, and who, Prometheus-like, has stolen fire from heaven to animate the children of clay, --see him in the throes of poetic labour, blotting, tearing, re-writing the lines that we suppose him to have poured forth with Homeric inspiration, and, in the intervals, eating, drinking and sleeping, like the most ordinary mortal, and he soon sinks to a level with them in our estimation, I am sure, we can never justly appreciate the works of those with whom we have lived on familiar terms; I have felt this myself, and it applies to poets more than all other writers.--They should live in.solitude, rendering their presence more desired by its rarity; never submit to the gratification of the animal appetite of eating in company, and be as distinct in their general haltits, as in their genius, from the common herd of mankind' He laughed heartily when he had finished this speech, and added, 'I have had serions thoughts of drawing up a little code of instructions for my brethren of the craft. 1 don't think my friend Moore would adopt it, and he, perhaps, is the only exception who would be privileged ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154042184 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1154042189 |
| Weight | 1.03 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.71 In |
| List Price | $24.21 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 316 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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