Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... et mansueto Sguardo , oh labbra d'ambrosia , oh rider lieto ! . give a value and a name that will not pass 31.
... et mansueto Sguardo , oh labbra d'ambrosia , oh rider lieto ! . give a value and a name that will not pass 31.
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give a value and a name that will not pass away to the poets who have done honor to MADRIGALE . Hor come un Scoglio stassi , Hor come un Rio se'n fugge , Ed hor crud ' Orsa rugge , Hor canta Angelo pio : ma che non fassi ?
give a value and a name that will not pass away to the poets who have done honor to MADRIGALE . Hor come un Scoglio stassi , Hor come un Rio se'n fugge , Ed hor crud ' Orsa rugge , Hor canta Angelo pio : ma che non fassi ?
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... that drives The traveller to a shelter , summon'd him Up to the mountains . He had been alone Amid the heart of many thousand mists , That came to him and left him on the heights . So liv'd he , till his eightieth year was pass'd .
... that drives The traveller to a shelter , summon'd him Up to the mountains . He had been alone Amid the heart of many thousand mists , That came to him and left him on the heights . So liv'd he , till his eightieth year was pass'd .
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The ultimate end of criticism is much more to establish the principles of writing , than to furnish rules how to pass judgement on what has been written by others ; if indeed it were possible that the two could be separated .
The ultimate end of criticism is much more to establish the principles of writing , than to furnish rules how to pass judgement on what has been written by others ; if indeed it were possible that the two could be separated .
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... so it came to pass . In the Excursion the poet has introduced an old man , born in humble but not abject circumstances , who had enjoyed more than usual advantages of education , both from books and from the more awful discipline of ...
... so it came to pass . In the Excursion the poet has introduced an old man , born in humble but not abject circumstances , who had enjoyed more than usual advantages of education , both from books and from the more awful discipline of ...
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