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Mr. Wordsworth added two or three poems written in his own character , in the impassioned , lofty , and sustained diction , which is characteristic of his genius . In this form the “ Lyrical Ballads ” were published ; and were presented ...
Mr. Wordsworth added two or three poems written in his own character , in the impassioned , lofty , and sustained diction , which is characteristic of his genius . In this form the “ Lyrical Ballads ” were published ; and were presented ...
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From this preface , prefixed to poems in which it was impossible to deny the presence of original genius , however mistaken its direction might be deemed , arose the whole long continued controversy . For from the conjunction of ...
From this preface , prefixed to poems in which it was impossible to deny the presence of original genius , however mistaken its direction might be deemed , arose the whole long continued controversy . For from the conjunction of ...
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For it is a distinction resulting from the poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into ...
For it is a distinction resulting from the poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into ...
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Finally , GOOD SENSE is the body of poetic genius , Fancy its DRAPERY , MOTION its LIFE , and IMAGINATION the soul that is every where , and in each ; and forms all into one graceful and intelligent whole . CHAPTER XV .
Finally , GOOD SENSE is the body of poetic genius , Fancy its DRAPERY , MOTION its LIFE , and IMAGINATION the soul that is every where , and in each ; and forms all into one graceful and intelligent whole . CHAPTER XV .
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... earliest work of the greatest genius , that perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . ... give at once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious ܪ > proofs of the immaturity , of his genius.
... earliest work of the greatest genius , that perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . ... give at once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious ܪ > proofs of the immaturity , of his genius.
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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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