Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... persons and charac- ters supernatural , or at least romantic ; yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human in- terest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of ...
... persons and charac- ters supernatural , or at least romantic ; yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human in- terest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of ...
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... persons of elevated rank and of superior refinement oftentimes derive from a happy imitation of the rude unpolished man- ners and discourse of their inferiors . For the pleasure so derived may be traced to three ex- citing causes . The ...
... persons of elevated rank and of superior refinement oftentimes derive from a happy imitation of the rude unpolished man- ners and discourse of their inferiors . For the pleasure so derived may be traced to three ex- citing causes . The ...
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... persons introduced are by no means taken from low or rustic life in the common accepta- tion of those words ; and it is not less clear , that the sentiments and language , as far as they can be conceived to have been really transferred ...
... persons introduced are by no means taken from low or rustic life in the common accepta- tion of those words ; and it is not less clear , that the sentiments and language , as far as they can be conceived to have been really transferred ...
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... persons of * Say not that I am recommending abstractions , for these class - characteristics which constitute the instructiveness of a character , are so modified and particularized in each per- son of the Shaksperian Drama , that life ...
... persons of * Say not that I am recommending abstractions , for these class - characteristics which constitute the instructiveness of a character , are so modified and particularized in each per- son of the Shaksperian Drama , that life ...
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... persons of a known and abiding class , and their manners or mechanic occupations of their characters . Nor did they condescend in tragedy to wheedle away the applause of the spectators , by representing before them fac - similies of ...
... persons of a known and abiding class , and their manners or mechanic occupations of their characters . Nor did they condescend in tragedy to wheedle away the applause of the spectators , by representing before them fac - similies of ...
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