Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... Italy , from the birth to the death of Shakspeare ; that being the coun- try in which the fine arts had been most sedu- lously , and hitherto most successfully cultiva- ted . Abstracted from the degrees and pecu- liarities of individual ...
... Italy , from the birth to the death of Shakspeare ; that being the coun- try in which the fine arts had been most sedu- lously , and hitherto most successfully cultiva- ted . Abstracted from the degrees and pecu- liarities of individual ...
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... Italian and Flemish masters , the front and middle objects of the landscape are the most obvious and determinate , the interest gradually dies away in the back ground , and the charm and peculiar worth of the picture consists , not so ...
... Italian and Flemish masters , the front and middle objects of the landscape are the most obvious and determinate , the interest gradually dies away in the back ground , and the charm and peculiar worth of the picture consists , not so ...
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... Italy . The imagery is almost always general : sun , moon , flowers , breezes , murmuring streams , warbling songsters , deli- cious shades , lovely damsels , cruel as fair , nymphs , naiads , and goddesses , are the materials which are ...
... Italy . The imagery is almost always general : sun , moon , flowers , breezes , murmuring streams , warbling songsters , deli- cious shades , lovely damsels , cruel as fair , nymphs , naiads , and goddesses , are the materials which are ...
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... . On the contrary , our elder bards both of Italy and England produ- ced a far greater , as well as more charming va- riety by countless modifications , and subtle balances of sound in the common metres of their country 28.
... . On the contrary , our elder bards both of Italy and England produ- ced a far greater , as well as more charming va- riety by countless modifications , and subtle balances of sound in the common metres of their country 28.
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... Italian poetry ; and as the little work is of rare occurrence ; I will transcribe a few specimens . I have seldom met with compositions that possessed , to my feelings , more of that satisfying entireness , that complete adequateness of ...
... Italian poetry ; and as the little work is of rare occurrence ; I will transcribe a few specimens . I have seldom met with compositions that possessed , to my feelings , more of that satisfying entireness , that complete adequateness of ...
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