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But in order to render myself intelligible I must previously , in as few words as possible , explain my ideas , first , of a POEM ; and secondly , of POETRY itself , in kind , [ and in essence . . Аа 3 The office of philosophical ...
But in order to render myself intelligible I must previously , in as few words as possible , explain my ideas , first , of a POEM ; and secondly , of POETRY itself , in kind , [ and in essence . . Аа 3 The office of philosophical ...
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The office of philosophical disquisition consists in just distinction ; while it is the priviledge of the philosopher to preserve himself constantly aware , that distinction is not division . In order to obtain adequate notions of any ...
The office of philosophical disquisition consists in just distinction ; while it is the priviledge of the philosopher to preserve himself constantly aware , that distinction is not division . In order to obtain adequate notions of any ...
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... who in one of his philosophical disquisitions has written on the means of acquiring a just taste with the precision of Aristotle , and the elegance of Quintillian . On press> terest , deeper pathos , manlier reflection , and the 30.
... who in one of his philosophical disquisitions has written on the means of acquiring a just taste with the precision of Aristotle , and the elegance of Quintillian . On press> terest , deeper pathos , manlier reflection , and the 30.
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Examination of the tenets peculiar to Mr. Wordsworth - Rustic life ( above all , low and rustic life ) especially unfavorable to the formation of a human diction — The best parts of language the product of philosophers , not clowns or ...
Examination of the tenets peculiar to Mr. Wordsworth - Rustic life ( above all , low and rustic life ) especially unfavorable to the formation of a human diction — The best parts of language the product of philosophers , not clowns or ...
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... and a far more philosophical language , than that which is frequently substituted for it by poets , who think they are conferring honor upon themselves and their art in proportion as they indulge in arbitrary and capricious habits ...
... and a far more philosophical language , than that which is frequently substituted for it by poets , who think they are conferring honor upon themselves and their art in proportion as they indulge in arbitrary and capricious habits ...
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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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