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But it is equally true , that this recurrence to plain sense , and genuine mother English , is far from being general ; and that the composition of our novels , magazines , public harangues , & c . is commonly as trivial in thought ...
But it is equally true , that this recurrence to plain sense , and genuine mother English , is far from being general ; and that the composition of our novels , magazines , public harangues , & c . is commonly as trivial in thought ...
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If we make an honorable exception in favor of some English poets , the thoughts too are as little novel as the images ; and the fable of their narrative poems , for the most part drawn from mythology , or sources of equal notoriety ...
If we make an honorable exception in favor of some English poets , the thoughts too are as little novel as the images ; and the fable of their narrative poems , for the most part drawn from mythology , or sources of equal notoriety ...
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As I do not remember to have seen either the poems or their author mentioned in any English work , or have found them in any of the common collections of Italian poetry ; and as the little work is of rare occurrence ; I will transcribe ...
As I do not remember to have seen either the poems or their author mentioned in any English work , or have found them in any of the common collections of Italian poetry ; and as the little work is of rare occurrence ; I will transcribe ...
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But such a one , on English ground , And in the broad highway I met ; Along the broad highway he came , His cheeks with tears were wet . Sturdy he seem'd , though he was sad , And in his arms a lamb he had .
But such a one , on English ground , And in the broad highway I met ; Along the broad highway he came , His cheeks with tears were wet . Sturdy he seem'd , though he was sad , And in his arms a lamb he had .
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For whether there ought to exist a class of words in the English , in any degree resembling the poetic dialect of the Greek and Italian , is a question of very subordinate importance . The number of such words would be small indeed ...
For whether there ought to exist a class of words in the English , in any degree resembling the poetic dialect of the Greek and Italian , is a question of very subordinate importance . The number of such words would be small indeed ...
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| Title | Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Publisher | Fenner, 1817 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 309 pages |
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