Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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... passage was written , the report of Dr. Middleton's death on his voyage to India has been proved erroneous . He lives and long may he live ; for I dare pro- phecy , that with his life only will his exertions for the tem- poral and ...
... passage was written , the report of Dr. Middleton's death on his voyage to India has been proved erroneous . He lives and long may he live ; for I dare pro- phecy , that with his life only will his exertions for the tem- poral and ...
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... passages the Latin poets with the original Greek , from which they were borrowed , for the preference of Collins's odes to those of Gray ; and of the simile in Shakspeare " How like a younker or a prodigal , The skarfed bark puts from ...
... passages the Latin poets with the original Greek , from which they were borrowed , for the preference of Collins's odes to those of Gray ; and of the simile in Shakspeare " How like a younker or a prodigal , The skarfed bark puts from ...
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... passages of the same poet , whether the words should be person- ifications , or mere abstracts . I mention this , because in referring various lines in Gray to their original in Shakspeare and Milton ; and in the clear perception how ...
... passages of the same poet , whether the words should be person- ifications , or mere abstracts . I mention this , because in referring various lines in Gray to their original in Shakspeare and Milton ; and in the clear perception how ...
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... passage was derived , I estimated the merit of such poem or passage . As the result of all my reading and meditation , I ab- stracted two critical aphorisms , deeming them to comprize the conditions and criteria of poetic style ; first ...
... passage was derived , I estimated the merit of such poem or passage . As the result of all my reading and meditation , I ab- stracted two critical aphorisms , deeming them to comprize the conditions and criteria of poetic style ; first ...
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... passages , I analyzed sentence by sentence , and almost word by word , the popular lines , " As when the moon ... passage again twenty " tion , and put them on their guard . 39.
... passages , I analyzed sentence by sentence , and almost word by word , the popular lines , " As when the moon ... passage again twenty " tion , and put them on their guard . 39.
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