Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... lect ) 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 , supernatu- A a ral ; and the excellence aimed at was to consist BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA. ...
... lect ) 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 , supernatu- A a ral ; and the excellence aimed at was to consist BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA. ...
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ral ; and the excellence aimed at was to consist in the interesting of the affections by the dra- matic truth of such emotions , as would natu- rally accompany such situations , supposing them real . And real in ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ral ; and the excellence aimed at was to consist in the interesting of the affections by the dra- matic truth of such emotions , as would natu- rally accompany such situations , supposing them real . And real in ...
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... excellence is the perfect sweetness of the versification ; its adaptation to the subject ; and the power displayed in vary- ing the march of the words without passing into a loftier and more majectic rhythm , than was demanded by the ...
... excellence is the perfect sweetness of the versification ; its adaptation to the subject ; and the power displayed in vary- ing the march of the words without passing into a loftier and more majectic rhythm , than was demanded by the ...
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... excellence of a particular poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge , of genuine poetic power . We may perhaps remember the tale of the statuary , who had acquired considerable reputation for the legs of his ...
... excellence of a particular poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge , of genuine poetic power . We may perhaps remember the tale of the statuary , who had acquired considerable reputation for the legs of his ...
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... excellence , the reader's own me- mory will refer him to the LEAR , OTHELLO , in short to which not of the " great , ever living , dead man's " dramatic works ? Inopem me copia fecit . How true it is to nature , he has himself finely ...
... excellence , the reader's own me- mory will refer him to the LEAR , OTHELLO , in short to which not of the " great , ever living , dead man's " dramatic works ? Inopem me copia fecit . How true it is to nature , he has himself finely ...
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