Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... 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 attaching each a dif- ferent meaning to the same word ; and in few ...
... 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 attaching each a dif- ferent meaning to the same word ; and in few ...
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... delight in richness and sweetness of sound , even to a faulty excess , if it be evidently original , and not the result of an easily imitable mechanism , I regard as a highly favorable promise in the compositions of a young man . The ...
... delight in richness and sweetness of sound , even to a faulty excess , if it be evidently original , and not the result of an easily imitable mechanism , I regard as a highly favorable promise in the compositions of a young man . The ...
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge. means . But the sense of musical delight , with the power of producing it , is a gift of imagina- tion ; and this together with the power of reduc- ing multitude into unity of effect , and modify- ing a series of ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. means . But the sense of musical delight , with the power of producing it , is a gift of imagina- tion ; and this together with the power of reduc- ing multitude into unity of effect , and modify- ing a series of ...
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... delight , Drawn after you , you pattern of all those . Yet seem'd it winter still , and you away , As with your shadow I with these did play ! Scarcely less sure , or if a less valuable , not less indispensable mark Γονίμε μέν Ποιητε ...
... delight , Drawn after you , you pattern of all those . Yet seem'd it winter still , and you away , As with your shadow I with these did play ! Scarcely less sure , or if a less valuable , not less indispensable mark Γονίμε μέν Ποιητε ...
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... delight in perfection for its own sake , independent of the material in which it is manifested , that none but a cultivated taste can understand or appreciate . After what I have advanced , it would appear presumption to offer a ...
... delight in perfection for its own sake , independent of the material in which it is manifested , that none but a cultivated taste can understand or appreciate . After what I have advanced , it would appear presumption to offer a ...
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