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... ( inflamed perhaps in some degree by opposition ) was distinguished by its intensity , I might almost say , by its religious fervour . These facts , and the intellec; 1 tual energy of the author , which was more 4.
... ( inflamed perhaps in some degree by opposition ) was distinguished by its intensity , I might almost say , by its religious fervour . These facts , and the intellec; 1 tual energy of the author , which was more 4.
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In this investigation , I could not , I thought , do better , than keep before me the earliest work of the greatest genius , that perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . I mean the “ Venus and Adonis ...
In this investigation , I could not , I thought , do better , than keep before me the earliest work of the greatest genius , that perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . I mean the “ Venus and Adonis ...
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We may perhaps remember the tale of the statuary , who had acquired considerable reputation for the legs of his goddesses , though the rest of the statue accorded but indifferently with ideal beauty ; till his wife elated by her ...
We may perhaps remember the tale of the statuary , who had acquired considerable reputation for the legs of his goddesses , though the rest of the statue accorded but indifferently with ideal beauty ; till his wife elated by her ...
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... of which words are capable , higher perhaps than was ever realized by any other poet , even Dante not excepted ; to provide a substitute for that visual language , that constant intervention and running com . ment by tone , look and ...
... of which words are capable , higher perhaps than was ever realized by any other poet , even Dante not excepted ; to provide a substitute for that visual language , that constant intervention and running com . ment by tone , look and ...
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The Venus and Adonis did not perhaps allow the display of the deeper passions . But the story of Lucretia seems to favor , and even demand their intensest workings . And yet we find in Shakspeare's management of the tale neither pathos ...
The Venus and Adonis did not perhaps allow the display of the deeper passions . But the story of Lucretia seems to favor , and even demand their intensest workings . And yet we find in Shakspeare's management of the tale neither pathos ...
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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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