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... the usual ornaments and extra - colloquial style of poems in general , might not be so managed in the language of ordinary life as to produce the pleasureable interest , which it is the peculiar business of poetry to impart .
... the usual ornaments and extra - colloquial style of poems in general , might not be so managed in the language of ordinary life as to produce the pleasureable interest , which it is the peculiar business of poetry to impart .
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were not included in what he ( unfortunately , I think , adopting an equivocal expression ) called the language of real life . From this preface , prefixed to poems in which it was impossible to deny the presence of original genius ...
were not included in what he ( unfortunately , I think , adopting an equivocal expression ) called the language of real life . From this preface , prefixed to poems in which it was impossible to deny the presence of original genius ...
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And this again can be no other than the property of exciting a more continuous and equal attention , than the language of prose aims at , whether colloquial or written . My own conclusions on the nature of poetry , in the strictest use ...
And this again can be no other than the property of exciting a more continuous and equal attention , than the language of prose aims at , whether colloquial or written . My own conclusions on the nature of poetry , in the strictest use ...
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For poetry is the blossom and the fragrancy of all human knowledge , human thoughts , human passions , emotions , language . In Shakspeare's poems , the creative power , and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace .
For poetry is the blossom and the fragrancy of all human knowledge , human thoughts , human passions , emotions , language . In Shakspeare's poems , the creative power , and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace .
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1 play , a yet wider range of knowledge and reflection ; and lastly , with the same perfect dominion , often domination , over the whole world of language . What then shall we say ? even this ; that Shakspeare , no mere child of nature ...
1 play , a yet wider range of knowledge and reflection ; and lastly , with the same perfect dominion , often domination , over the whole world of language . What then shall we say ? even this ; that Shakspeare , no mere child of nature ...
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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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