Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 34
... Rustic life ( above all , low and rustic life ) especially unfavorable to the formation of a human diction - The best parts of language the product of philosophers , not clowns or shep- herds - Poetry essentially ideal and generic-- The ...
... Rustic life ( above all , low and rustic life ) especially unfavorable to the formation of a human diction - The best parts of language the product of philosophers , not clowns or shep- herds - Poetry essentially ideal and generic-- The ...
Page 37
... low and rustic life ; but not as low and rustic , or in order to repeat that pleasure of doubtful moral effect , which persons of elevated rank and of superior refinement oftentimes derive from a happy imitation of the rude unpolished ...
... low and rustic life ; but not as low and rustic , or in order to repeat that pleasure of doubtful moral effect , which persons of elevated rank and of superior refinement oftentimes derive from a happy imitation of the rude unpolished ...
Page 38
... low or rustic life in the common accepta- tion of those words ; and it is not less clear , that the sentiments and language , as far as they can be conceived to have been really transferred from the minds and conversation of such per ...
... low or rustic life in the common accepta- tion of those words ; and it is not less clear , that the sentiments and language , as far as they can be conceived to have been really transferred from the minds and conversation of such per ...
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... low and rustic life in and for itself . Whatever may be concluded on the other side , from the stronger local at- tachments and enterprizing spirit of the Swiss , and other mountaineers , applies to a parti- ' cular mode of pastoral ...
... low and rustic life in and for itself . Whatever may be concluded on the other side , from the stronger local at- tachments and enterprizing spirit of the Swiss , and other mountaineers , applies to a parti- ' cular mode of pastoral ...
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... rustic life purified from provincialism ) arising out of repeated experience and regular feelings is a more ... low and changeable pleasure of wonder by means of groundless novelty , substitutes a language of folly and vanity , not for that ...
... rustic life purified from provincialism ) arising out of repeated experience and regular feelings is a more ... low and changeable pleasure of wonder by means of groundless novelty , substitutes a language of folly and vanity , not for that ...
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