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I mean the “ Venus and Adonis , ” and the “ Lucrece ; " works which give at once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious ܪ > proofs of the immaturity , of his genius. ** * Ame Mugrověs , a phrase which I have borrowed from a ...
I mean the “ Venus and Adonis , ” and the “ Lucrece ; " works which give at once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious ܪ > proofs of the immaturity , of his genius. ** * Ame Mugrověs , a phrase which I have borrowed from a ...
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... man of talents and much reading , who , as I once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputation for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitary end for a possession of the peculiar a ܪ ܪ 1 means .
... man of talents and much reading , who , as I once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputation for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitary end for a possession of the peculiar a ܪ ܪ 1 means .
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means . But the sense of musical delight , with the power of producing it , is a gift of imagination ; and this together with the power of reducing multitude into unity of effect , and modifying a series of thoughts by some one ...
means . But the sense of musical delight , with the power of producing it , is a gift of imagination ; and this together with the power of reducing multitude into unity of effect , and modifying a series of thoughts by some one ...
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As little can a mind thus roused and awakened be brooded on by mean and indistinct emotion , as the low , lazy mist can creep upon the surface of a lake , while a strong gale is driving it onward in waves and billows . 3.
As little can a mind thus roused and awakened be brooded on by mean and indistinct emotion , as the low , lazy mist can creep upon the surface of a lake , while a strong gale is driving it onward in waves and billows . 3.
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... By twilight - glimpse discerned , mark ! how they flee From the fierce sea - blast , all their tresses wild Streaming before them . " I have given this as an illustration , by no means as an instance , of that particular ...
... By twilight - glimpse discerned , mark ! how they flee From the fierce sea - blast , all their tresses wild Streaming before them . " I have given this as an illustration , by no means as an instance , of that particular ...
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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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