Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... common with it ) it is discriminated by pro- posing to itself such delight from the whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part . Controversy is not seldom excited in conse- quence of the disputants ...
... common with it ) it is discriminated by pro- posing to itself such delight from the whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part . Controversy is not seldom excited in conse- quence of the disputants ...
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... common landscape painters . Their foregrounds and intermediate distances are comparatively unattractive : while the main interest of the landscape is thrown into the back ground , where mountains and torrents and castles for- bid the ...
... common landscape painters . Their foregrounds and intermediate distances are comparatively unattractive : while the main interest of the landscape is thrown into the back ground , where mountains and torrents and castles for- bid the ...
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... common to all , and which each shaped and arranged according to his judge- ment or fancy , little solicitous to add or to particularize . If we make an honorable excep- tion in favor of some English poets , the thoughts too are as ...
... common to all , and which each shaped and arranged according to his judge- ment or fancy , little solicitous to add or to particularize . If we make an honorable excep- tion in favor of some English poets , the thoughts too are as ...
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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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... common collections 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 ...
... common collections 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 ...
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