Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... and their admiration ( inflamed perhaps in some degree by opposition ) was distinguished by its intensity , I might almost say , by its reli- gious fervour . These facts , and the intellec- 1 tual energy of the author , which was more 4.
... and their admiration ( inflamed perhaps in some degree by opposition ) was distinguished by its intensity , I might almost say , by its reli- gious fervour . These facts , and the intellec- 1 tual energy of the author , which was more 4.
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... perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . I mean the " Venus and Adonis , " and the " Lucrece ; " works which give at once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious * Ang pugioves , a phrase which ...
... perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . I mean the " Venus and Adonis , " and the " Lucrece ; " works which give at once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious * Ang pugioves , a phrase which ...
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... 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 husband's ...
... 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 husband's ...
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... 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 gesture , which in his dramatic works ...
... 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 gesture , which in his dramatic works ...
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... perhaps allow the display of the deeper passions . But the story of Lucretia seems to favor , and even de- mand their intensest workings . And yet we find in Shakspeare's management of the tale neither pathos , nor any other dramatic ...
... perhaps allow the display of the deeper passions . But the story of Lucretia seems to favor , and even de- mand their intensest workings . And yet we find in Shakspeare's management of the tale neither pathos , nor any other dramatic ...
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