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...universal understanding of mankind, is the most melancholy?" Death — was the obvious reply, "And when," I said, "is this most melancholy of topics most poetical?"...closely allies itself to Beauty : the death, then, of a boautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world — and equally is it beyond...

...understanding of mankind, is the most melancholy ) ' Death — was the obvious reply. 'And when,' I said, ' is this most melancholy of topics most poetical...it beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such a topic are those of a bereaved lover.' " I had now to combine the two ideas, of a lover lamenting...

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...understanding of mankind, is the most melancholy ? " Death — was the obvious reply. "And when," I said, "is this most melancholy of topics most poetical?"...it beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such topics are those of a bereaved lover." I had now to combine the two ideas of a lover lamenting his...

...Here, too, the reply was obvious : it is when it most closely allies itself to beauty. Hence the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world; and the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover. This is the essential motive of...

...Here, too, the reply was obvious : it is when it most closely allies itself to beauty. Hence the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world; and the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover. This is the essential motive of...

...melancholy topics, he says, death is the most melancholy; it is most poetical when it allies itself with beauty; "the death then of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world." Any force his theory might abstractly be supposed to have, assuredly evaporates in his illustrative...

...understanding of mankind, is the most melancholy?" Death — was the obvious reply. " And when," I said, " is this most melancholy of topics most poetical?...it beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such a topic are those of a bereaved lover." I had now to combine the two ideas.of a lover lamenting his...

...understanding of mankind, is the most melancholy ? " Death — was the obvious reply. " And when," I said, " is this most melancholy of topics most poetical...is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the worlH — and equally is it beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such a topic are those of a...