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The sudden charm , which accidents of light and shade , which moon - light or sun - set diffused over a known and familiar landscape , appeared to represent the practicability of combining both . These are the poetry of nature .
The sudden charm , which accidents of light and shade , which moon - light or sun - set diffused over a known and familiar landscape , appeared to represent the practicability of combining both . These are the poetry of nature .
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From their gross matter she abstracts their forms , And draws a kind of quintessence from things ; Which to her proper nature she transforms To bear them light , on her celestial wings . Thus does she , when from individual states She ...
From their gross matter she abstracts their forms , And draws a kind of quintessence from things ; Which to her proper nature she transforms To bear them light , on her celestial wings . Thus does she , when from individual states She ...
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And by what rules could he direct his choice , which would not have enabled him to select and arrange his words by the light of his own judgement ? We do not adopt the language of a class by the mere adoption of such words exclusively ...
And by what rules could he direct his choice , which would not have enabled him to select and arrange his words by the light of his own judgement ? We do not adopt the language of a class by the mere adoption of such words exclusively ...
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... star And every wind that blows : And there beside the thorn she sits , When the blue day - light's in the skies ; And when the whirlwind's on the hill , Or frosty air is keen and still ; And to herself she cries , Oh misery !
... star And every wind that blows : And there beside the thorn she sits , When the blue day - light's in the skies ; And when the whirlwind's on the hill , Or frosty air is keen and still ; And to herself she cries , Oh misery !
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... flexions of some tribe or province , had been accidentally appropriated to poetry by the general admiration of certain master intellects , the first established lights of inspiration , to whom that dialect happened to be native .
... flexions of some tribe or province , had been accidentally appropriated to poetry by the general admiration of certain master intellects , the first established lights of inspiration , to whom that dialect happened to be native .
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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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