 Regarding, then, Beauty as my province, my next question referred to the tone of its highest manifestation — and all experience has shown that this tone is one of sadness. Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive...  Poe--man, Poet, and Creative Thinker - Síða 142eftir Edgar Allan Poe, Sherwin Cody - 1924 - 485 síðurHeildartexta - Um bókina
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 síður
...development, invariably excites the sensitive j soul to tears.. Jlelancholy .is. thus- the .most legitirnjit,g ,of '. all ,,the poetical tones. The length, the province,...and the tone, being thus determined, I betook myself J/^ ordinary induction, with thejview of obtaining some artistic piquancy which might serve me as a... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 síður
...then, Beauty as my province, my next question referred to the tone of its highest manifestation — and all experience has shown that this tone is one...The length, the province, and the tone, being thus determmed, I betook myself to ordinary induction, with the view of obtaining Rome artistic piquancy... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1881 - 588 síður
...then, Beauty as my province, my next qnestion re fcrred to the tone of its highest manifestation — and all experience has shown that this tone is one of sadness. Beanty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the seusitive soul to tears.... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1882 - 226 síður
...then, Beauty as my province, my next question referred to the tone of its highest manifestation, — and all experience has shown that this tone is one...Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, in variably excites the sensitive soul to tears. Melancholy is thus the most legitimate of all the... | |
 | 1885 - 304 síður
...then, Beauty as my province, my next question referred to the tone of its highest manifestation — and all experience has shown that this tone is one...thus the most legitimate of all the poetical tones. These points being settled, I next bethought me of the nature of my refrain. Since its application... | |
 | William H. Wintringham - 1892 - 446 síður
...been named the " bird of dawn." " Beauty," says Poe in his essay on the Philosophy of Composition, " of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. Melancholy ts thus the most legitimate of all poetical tones." How ready man is to accept this may be easily seen... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - 1892 - 192 síður
...Regarding, then, Beauty as my province, my next question referred to the tone of its highest manifestation, and all experience has shown that this tone is one of sadness In carefully thinking over all the theatrical sense — I did not fail to perceive immediately that... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Edward Woodberry - 1895 - 376 síður
...next T."pStiPn referred to th^9«S^ifJts Wghest manifestation ; and all experienceTTas~shown that thjs tone is one of sadness. Beauty of whatever kind, in...the sensitive soul to tears. Melancholy is thus the mostlegitimate of all the poetical tones. The length, the province, and the tone, being thus \ determined,... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1896 - 508 síður
...Poe has expressed his theory of poetical beauty in its highest manifestations by saying : .4 -f . " All experience has shown that this tone is one of...thus the most legitimate of all the poetical tones. . . . Death is the most melancholy topic according to the universal understanding of mankind . . .... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1896 - 496 síður
...Annabel Lee." Poe has expressed his theory of poetical beauty in its highest manifestations by saying: "All experience has shown that this tone is one of...thus the most legitimate of all the poetical tones. . . . Death is the most melancholy topic according to the universal understanding of mankind . . .... | |
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