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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... least romantic ; yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human in- terest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment , which constitutes ...
... least romantic ; yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human in- terest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment , which constitutes ...
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... least ) both to other parts of the same preface , and to the author's own practice in the greater number of the poems themselves . Mr. Words- worth in his recent collection has , I find , degrad- ed this prefatory disquisition to the ...
... least ) both to other parts of the same preface , and to the author's own practice in the greater number of the poems themselves . Mr. Words- worth in his recent collection has , I find , degrad- ed this prefatory disquisition to the ...
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... , or measure , or both , I must leave his opinion uncontroverted . The dis- tinction is at least competent to characterize the writer's intention . If it were subjoined , that the whole is likewise entertaining or affect- ing , 8.
... , or measure , or both , I must leave his opinion uncontroverted . The dis- tinction is at least competent to characterize the writer's intention . If it were subjoined , that the whole is likewise entertaining or affect- ing , 8.
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... 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 ...
... 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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