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«A valet, of stealthy step, thence conducted me, in silence, through many dark and intricate passages in my progress to the studio of his master.»
«There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell»
«There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere man»
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
(Critic, Editor, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Fidelity,
Friendship,
Love,
Men
| Keywords:
brute, directly, fidelities, fidelity, frequent, gossamer, occasion, paltry, sacrificing, self-sacrificing, unselfish
«After reading all that has been written, and after thinking all that can be thought, on the topics of God and the soul, the man who has a right to say that he thinks at all, will find himself face to face with the conclusion that, on these topics, the most profound thought is that which can be the least easily distinguished from the most superficial sentiment.»
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
(Critic, Editor, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
conclusion, distinguished, easily, face to face, profound, sentiment, superficial, The Conclusion, topics, written
«A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made / not to understand / but to feel / as crime.»
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
(Critic, Editor, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
argument, beds, charity, The Only Ones
«We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused / in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible. On the other hand, the lightness of the artillery should not degenerate into pop-gunnery / by which term we may designate the character of the greater portion of the newspaper press / their sole legitimate object being the discussion of ephemeral matters in an ephemeral manner.»
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
(Critic, Editor, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
artillery, condense, condensed, curt, degenerate, designate, designated, designates, detailed, diffuse, diffused, diffuses, diffusing, discussion, ephemeral, gunnery, inaccessible, in place, legitimate, lightness, newspaper, on the other hand, pointed, pop, portion, readily, sole, the discussion, verbose, voluminous
«years of love have been forgot, in the hatred of a minute.»
«From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were--I have not seenAs others saw.»
«Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,/ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,/ As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.»
«Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.»
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