 The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity. Nothing is better than simplicity . . . nothing can make up for excess or for the lack of definiteness.  The Nineteenth Century - Stran 9001882Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George Scratton - 1865 - 616 strani
...else than what they are." In his first preface to Leaves of Grass Whitman writes, "The art of arts, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity. . . . To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movement... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1868 - 464 strani
...twain. The greatest poet has lain close betwixt both, and they are vital in his style and thoughts. The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. Nothing is better than simplicity, — nothing can make up for excess or for the lack... | |
 | Harry Buxton Forman - 1871 - 536 strani
...poet is deficient or excessive in the weightier matters of sentiment and passion. XIV. WILLIAM MORRIS. 'The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity. Nothing is better than simplicity .... nothing can make up for excess or for the lack... | |
 | 1876 - 502 strani
...successor, and his name is Morris, not Miller. Whitman said in the strange preface to " Leaves of Grass," " The art of art, the glory of expression, and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. The greatest poet has less a marked style ; he swears to his art, I will not be meddlesome... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1878 - 542 strani
...the incoherent, and the lawless, read what follows from the preface to " Leaves of Grass : " — " The art of art, the glory of expression, and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity. Nothing is better than simplicity — nothing can make up for excess, or for the lack... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1880 - 704 strani
...is most certain of finding a responsive chord in our bosoms. 'The art of art,' ваув the poet, ' the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity. Nothing is better than simplicity — nothing can make up for excess or for the lack... | |
 | 1880 - 690 strani
...which is most certain of finding a responsive chord in our bosoms. 'The art of art,' says the poet, ' the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity. Nothing is better than simplicity — nothing can make up for excess or for the lack... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1881 - 44 strani
...twain. The greatest poet has lain close betwixt both, and they are vital in his style and thoughts. The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. Nothing is better than simplicity . . . nothing can make up for excess or for the lack... | |
 | 1883 - 884 strani
...justifies them ; but generally it is the case that for the French word or for the vulgarism savoring either of the gutter on the one hand or of the Yankee...which, though sometimes picturesque and interesting, are generally only absurd and dull. The fact that they are introduced on principle is not to be admitted... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1883 - 924 strani
...justifies them ; but generally it is the case that for the French word or for the vulgarism savoring either of the gutter on the one hand or of the Yankee...which, though sometimes picturesque and interesting, are generally only absurd and dull. The fact that they are introduced on principle is not to be admitted... | |
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