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The thought suggested itself ( to which of us I do not recollect ) that a series of poems might be composed of two sorts . In the one , the incidents and agents were to be , in part at least , supernatua Аа 1 ral ; and the excellence ...
The thought suggested itself ( to which of us I do not recollect ) that a series of poems might be composed of two sorts . In the one , the incidents and agents were to be , in part at least , supernatua Аа 1 ral ; and the excellence ...
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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 the “ Venus and Adonis , ” the first and most obvious excellence is the perfect sweetness of the versification ; its adaptation to the subject ; and the power displayed in varying the march of the words without passing into a loftier ...
In the “ Venus and Adonis , ” the first and most obvious excellence is the perfect sweetness of the versification ; its adaptation to the subject ; and the power displayed in varying the march of the words without passing into a loftier ...
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At least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal sensations and experiences , the excellence of a particular poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge , of genuine poetic ...
At least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal sensations and experiences , the excellence of a particular poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge , of genuine poetic ...
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I have given this as an illustration , by no means as an instance , of that particular excellence which I had in view , and in which Shakspeare even in his earliest , as in his latest works , surpasses all other poets .
I have given this as an illustration , by no means as an instance , of that particular excellence which I had in view , and in which Shakspeare even in his earliest , as in his latest works , surpasses all other poets .
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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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