Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... characters themselves , not only of every outward look and act , but of the flux and reflux of the mind in all its subtlest thoughts and feelings , were placing the a whole before our view ; himself meanwhile unparticipating in 15.
... characters themselves , not only of every outward look and act , but of the flux and reflux of the mind in all its subtlest thoughts and feelings , were placing the a whole before our view ; himself meanwhile unparticipating in 15.
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... even Dante not excepted ; to provide a substitute for that visual language , that constant intervention and running com . ment by tone , look and gesture , which in his dramatic works he was entitled to expect from the players .
... even Dante not excepted ; to provide a substitute for that visual language , that constant intervention and running com . ment by tone , look and gesture , which in his dramatic works he was entitled to expect from the players .
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Now with the drops of this most balmy time My Love looks fresh : and DEATH to me subscribes ! Since spite of him , I'll live in this poor rhyme , While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes . And thou in this shalt find thy ...
Now with the drops of this most balmy time My Love looks fresh : and DEATH to me subscribes ! Since spite of him , I'll live in this poor rhyme , While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes . And thou in this shalt find thy ...
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... us the liveliest image of succession with the feeling of simultaneousness ! With this he breaketh from the sweet embrace Of those fair aims , that held him to her heart , And homeward through the dark lawns runs apace : Look how ...
... us the liveliest image of succession with the feeling of simultaneousness ! With this he breaketh from the sweet embrace Of those fair aims , that held him to her heart , And homeward through the dark lawns runs apace : Look how ...
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举 Last Christmas when we talked of this , Old farmer Simpson did maintain , That in her womb the infant wrought About its mother's heart , and brought Her senses back again : And when at last her time drew near , Her looks were calm ...
举 Last Christmas when we talked of this , Old farmer Simpson did maintain , That in her womb the infant wrought About its mother's heart , and brought Her senses back again : And when at last her time drew near , Her looks were calm ...
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