Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... objects originally proposed - Preface to the second edition - The ensuing controversy , its causes and acrimony - Philosophic definitions of a poem and poetry with scholia . DURING the first year that Mr. Words- worth and I were ...
... objects originally proposed - Preface to the second edition - The ensuing controversy , its causes and acrimony - Philosophic definitions of a poem and poetry with scholia . DURING the first year that Mr. Words- worth and I were ...
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... object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day , and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural , by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of cus- tom , and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders ...
... object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day , and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural , by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of cus- tom , and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders ...
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... object proposed . According to the difference of the object will be the difference of the combination . It is possible , that the object may be merely to facilitate the recollection of any given facts or observations by artificial ...
... object proposed . According to the difference of the object will be the difference of the combination . It is possible , that the object may be merely to facilitate the recollection of any given facts or observations by artificial ...
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... object and contents supplies an ad- ditional ground of distinction . The immediate purpose may be the communication ... object of a work not metrically composed ; and that object may have been in a high degree attained , as in novels and ...
... object and contents supplies an ad- ditional ground of distinction . The immediate purpose may be the communication ... object of a work not metrically composed ; and that object may have been in a high degree attained , as in novels and ...
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... object pleasure , not truth ; and from all other species ( having this object in common with it ) it is discriminated by pro- posing to itself such delight from the whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each ...
... object pleasure , not truth ; and from all other species ( having this object in common with it ) it is discriminated by pro- posing to itself such delight from the whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each ...
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