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In other works the communication of pleasure may be the immediate purpose ; and though truth , either moral or intellectual , ought to be the ultimate end , yet this will distinguish the character of the author , not the class to which ...
In other works the communication of pleasure may be the immediate purpose ; and though truth , either moral or intellectual , ought to be the ultimate end , yet this will distinguish the character of the author , not the class to which ...
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feelings , from those of which he is at once the painter and the analyst ; that though the very subject cannot but detract from the pleasure of a delicate mind , yet never was poem less dangerous on a moral account .
feelings , from those of which he is at once the painter and the analyst ; that though the very subject cannot but detract from the pleasure of a delicate mind , yet never was poem less dangerous on a moral account .
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... Which SHAKSPEARE spake ; the faith and morals hold , Which Milton held . In every thing we are sprung Of earth's first blood , have titles manifold ! ܪ WORDSWORTH . CHAPTER XVI . Striking points of difference between the Poets 22.
... Which SHAKSPEARE spake ; the faith and morals hold , Which Milton held . In every thing we are sprung Of earth's first blood , have titles manifold ! ܪ WORDSWORTH . CHAPTER XVI . Striking points of difference between the Poets 22.
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The poet informs his reader , that he had generally chosen 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 ...
The poet informs his reader , that he had generally chosen 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 ...
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... much less to make us laugh by wry faces , accidents of jargon , slang phrases for the day , or the clothing of common - place morals in metaphors drawn from the shops or mechanic occupations of their characters . Nor did they 41.
... much less to make us laugh by wry faces , accidents of jargon , slang phrases for the day , or the clothing of common - place morals in metaphors drawn from the shops or mechanic occupations of their characters . Nor did they 41.
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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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