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The answer is , that nothing can permanently please , which does not contain in itself the reason why it is so , and not otherwise . If metre be superadded , all other parts must be made consonant with it .
The answer is , that nothing can permanently please , which does not contain in itself the reason why it is so , and not otherwise . If metre be superadded , all other parts must be made consonant with it .
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But if the definition sought for be that of a legitimate poem , I answer , it must be one , the parts of which mutually support and explain each other ; all in their proportion harmonizing with , and supporting the purpose and known ...
But if the definition sought for be that of a legitimate poem , I answer , it must be one , the parts of which mutually support and explain each other ; all in their proportion harmonizing with , and supporting the purpose and known ...
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What is poetry ? is so nearly the same question with , what is a poet ? that the answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other . For it is a distinction resulting from the poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies ...
What is poetry ? is so nearly the same question with , what is a poet ? that the answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other . For it is a distinction resulting from the poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies ...
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tbc answer is ; presume these to be the best , the reputation of which has been matured into fame by the consent of ages . For wisdom always has a final majority , if not by conviction , yet by acquiescence .
tbc answer is ; presume these to be the best , the reputation of which has been matured into fame by the consent of ages . For wisdom always has a final majority , if not by conviction , yet by acquiescence .
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... and capricious habits . of expression ; " it may be answered , that the language , which he has in view , can be attributed to rustics with no greater right , than the style of Hooker or Bacon to Tom Brown or Sir Roger L'Estrange .
... and capricious habits . of expression ; " it may be answered , that the language , which he has in view , can be attributed to rustics with no greater right , than the style of Hooker or Bacon to Tom Brown or Sir Roger L'Estrange .
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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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