Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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1 ral ; and the excellence aimed at was to consist ; in the interesting of the affections by the dramatic truth of such emotions , as would naturally accompany such situations , supposing them real . And real in this sense they have ...
1 ral ; and the excellence aimed at was to consist ; in the interesting of the affections by the dramatic truth of such emotions , as would naturally accompany such situations , supposing them real . And real in this sense they have ...
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... in as few words as possible , explain my ideas , first , of a POEM ; and secondly , of POETRY itself , in kind , [ and in essence . . Аа 3 The office of philosophical disquisition consists in just distinction ; 5.
... in as few words as possible , explain my ideas , first , of a POEM ; and secondly , of POETRY itself , in kind , [ and in essence . . Аа 3 The office of philosophical disquisition consists in just distinction ; 5.
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The office of philosophical disquisition consists in just distinction ; while it is the priviledge of the philosopher to preserve himself constantly aware , that distinction is not division . In order to obtain adequate notions of any ...
The office of philosophical disquisition consists in just distinction ; while it is the priviledge of the philosopher to preserve himself constantly aware , that distinction is not division . In order to obtain adequate notions of any ...
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... and peculiar worth of the picture consists , not so much in the specific objects which it conveys to the understanding in a visual language formed by the substitution of figures > for words , as in the beauty and harmony of 26.
... and peculiar worth of the picture consists , not so much in the specific objects which it conveys to the understanding in a visual language formed by the substitution of figures > for words , as in the beauty and harmony of 26.
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... as purporting that the proper diction for poetry in general consists altogether in a language taken , with due exceptions , from the mouths of men in real life , a language which actually constitutes the natural conversation of men ...
... as purporting that the proper diction for poetry in general consists altogether in a language taken , with due exceptions , from the mouths of men in real life , a language which actually constitutes the natural conversation of men ...
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