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It is possible , that the object may be merely to facilitate the recollection of any given facts or observations by artificial arrangement ; and the composition will be a poem , merely because it is distinguished from prose by metre ...
It is possible , that the object may be merely to facilitate the recollection of any given facts or observations by artificial arrangement ; and the composition will be a poem , merely because it is distinguished from prose by metre ...
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... 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 . But the sense of musical delight , with 14.
... 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 . But the sense of musical delight , with 14.
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... been before observed , that images however beautiful , though faithfully copied from nature , and as accurately represented in words , do not of themselves characterize the poet . They become proofs of original genius only Bb a as ...
... been before observed , that images however beautiful , though faithfully copied from nature , and as accurately represented in words , do not of themselves characterize the poet . They become proofs of original genius only Bb a as ...
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I will venture to add one other observation before I proceed to the transcription . I am aware , that the sentiments which I have avowed concerning the points of difference be . tween the poetry of the present age , and that of the ...
I will venture to add one other observation before I proceed to the transcription . I am aware , that the sentiments which I have avowed concerning the points of difference be . tween the poetry of the present age , and that of the ...
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Anterior to cultivation the lingua coinmunis of every country , as Dante has well observed , exists every where in parts , and no where as a whole . Neither is the case rendered at all more tenable by 54.
Anterior to cultivation the lingua coinmunis of every country , as Dante has well observed , exists every where in parts , and no where as a whole . Neither is the case rendered at all more tenable by 54.
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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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