Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... once , a dead weight , into the slough of oblivion , and have dragged the preface along with them . But year after year increased the number of Mr. Wordworth's ad- mirers . They were found too not in the lower classes of the reading ...
... once , a dead weight , into the slough of oblivion , and have dragged the preface along with them . But year after year increased the number of Mr. Wordworth's ad- mirers . They were found too not in the lower classes of the reading ...
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... once for all , in what points I coincide with his opinions , and in what points I altogether differ . But in order to render myself intelligible I must previously , in as few words as possible , explain my ideas , first , of a POEM ...
... once for all , in what points I coincide with his opinions , and in what points I altogether differ . But in order to render myself intelligible I must previously , in as few words as possible , explain my ideas , first , of a POEM ...
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... once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious * Ang pugioves , a phrase which I have borrowed from a Greek monk , who applies it to a Patriarch of Constantino- ple . I might have said , that I have reclaimed , rather than ...
... once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious * Ang pugioves , a phrase which I have borrowed from a Greek monk , who applies it to a Patriarch of Constantino- ple . I might have said , that I have reclaimed , rather than ...
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... once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputa- tion for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitary end for a possession of the peculiar means . But the sense of musical delight , with 14.
... once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputa- tion for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitary end for a possession of the peculiar means . But the sense of musical delight , with 14.
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... once the characters themselves , and the whole representation of those characters by the most consummate actors . You seem to be told nothing , but to see and hear every thing . Hence it is , that from the perpetual activity of ...
... once the characters themselves , and the whole representation of those characters by the most consummate actors . You seem to be told nothing , but to see and hear every thing . Hence it is , that from the perpetual activity of ...
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