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304 as set forth by E. Véron, 152, 153; its truth and its fallacies, ''ib. et seq.; derives specific character from its maker's individuality, 152, 153; what B. really is, viz., a quality regulating the vibratory expression of substances, 153-155; all impressions of it unite in spiritual feeling, 154; moral and physical analogous, 154; perception of it is subjective, 155; its quality objective, ib.; its connection with the perfection of nature and the fitness of things, 156, with utility, ib.; the natural quality of all things, 156; recognized intuitively by the poet, 157; unconsciously postulated even by Véron, 157; danger of irreverence for, 158; national and racial ideals of, 159-165; the Grecian, 159; of the Renaissance, 160; zest for, associated with novelty, ib.; the English academic standard, 161; antipodal conceptions of, the Japanese, 162-165; specific evolution of, 164; not fully transferable by translation, etc., 166; essential to the endurance of a poem, or other work of art, 166-173; considered here in the concrete, 167; symbolizes Truth in pure form, 168; the poet's instinct for, ib.; has conserved the choicest part of ancient poetry, ib.; its effect in the poetry of our own tongue, 170-172; present revival of love for, 172, 173; its concrete poetic elements, 173-180; of melody and scriptural effect, 174; of construction, 174; of simplicity, 175; of variety, 176; of naturalness, 176; of decoration and detail, 177; psychical, 177, 178; of the pure lyric, 178-180; of Charm, 179, 180; of the suggestion of Evanescence, 181-185; what is meant by its unity with Truth, 187, 188, 220-224; and sadness, 267; and see 75; also Aesthetics, Taste'', etc.

Berkeleianism, as applied to poetry and the arts, 15.

Berkeley, his ideal philosophy, 149. 155.

Beyle, M. H. (Stendhal), quoted, 272.

Bible, Poetry of the, 82-87; the Hebraic genius, 83; racial exaltation of, 83, 84; intense personal feeling of the Psalmists, etc., 84, 85; naïveté and universality, 85; Book of Job, 86; Esther and Ruth, 87, 175; sublimity of, 244; its "elemental" quality, 251; and see 55, 191, 194.

Bion, 90.

"Bishop Blougram's Apology," Browning, 109.

Bizarre, The, 158.

Blackmore, novelist, 157.

Blake, W., quoted, 233; genius of, ib.; and see 58, 158, 238, 250.

Blank Verse, English, the noblest dramatic measure, 105.