Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 9
... lines or distichs , each of which absorbing the whole attention of the reader to itself disjoins it from its context , and makes it a separate whole , instead of an harmonizing part ; and on the other hand , to an unsustained ...
... lines or distichs , each of which absorbing the whole attention of the reader to itself disjoins it from its context , and makes it a separate whole , instead of an harmonizing part ; and on the other hand , to an unsustained ...
Page 27
... lines and expression , with which the objects are represented . Hence novelty of sub- ject was rather avoided than sought for . Su- perior excellence in the manner of treating the same subjects was the trial and test of the ar- tist's ...
... lines and expression , with which the objects are represented . Hence novelty of sub- ject was rather avoided than sought for . Su- perior excellence in the manner of treating the same subjects was the trial and test of the ar- tist's ...
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... lines of difference con- verge as to their source and centre . ( I mean , as far as , and in whatever respect , my poetic creed does differ from the doctrines promulged in this preface . ) I adopt with full faith the principle of ...
... lines of difference con- verge as to their source and centre . ( I mean , as far as , and in whatever respect , my poetic creed does differ from the doctrines promulged in this preface . ) I adopt with full faith the principle of ...
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... lines of the tenth ; ‡ and the five following stanzas , with the exception of the four admirable lines at the commencement of the fourteenth are felt by many unprejudiced and unsophisticated hearts , as sudden and unplea- * " I've ...
... lines of the tenth ; ‡ and the five following stanzas , with the exception of the four admirable lines at the commencement of the fourteenth are felt by many unprejudiced and unsophisticated hearts , as sudden and unplea- * " I've ...
Page 64
... lines printed in italics . It is equally obvious , that except in the rhyme , and in the use of the single word " fruitless " for fruitlessly , which is so far a defect , the language of these lines does in no respect differ from that ...
... lines printed in italics . It is equally obvious , that except in the rhyme , and in the use of the single word " fruitless " for fruitlessly , which is so far a defect , the language of these lines does in no respect differ from that ...
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