Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 6
... " Thirty days hath September , April , June , and November , & c . " and others of the same class and purpose . And as a particular pleasure is found in anti- cipating the recurrence of sounds and quanti ties , all 6.
... " Thirty days hath September , April , June , and November , & c . " and others of the same class and purpose . And as a particular pleasure is found in anti- cipating the recurrence of sounds and quanti ties , all 6.
Page 7
... Pleasure , and that of the highest and most permanent kind , may result from the attainment of the end ; but it is not itself the immediate end . In other works the communication of pleasure may be the immediate purpose ; and though ...
... Pleasure , and that of the highest and most permanent kind , may result from the attainment of the end ; but it is not itself the immediate end . In other works the communication of pleasure may be the immediate purpose ; and though ...
Page 8
... pleasure , not truth ; and from all other species ( having this object in common with it ) it is discriminated by pro- posing to itself such delight from the whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component ...
... pleasure , not truth ; and from all other species ( having this object in common with it ) it is discriminated by pro- posing to itself such delight from the whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component ...
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... pleasure , and not truth , was the immediate object of the prophet . In short , whatever specific import we attach to the word , poetry , there will be found involved in it , as a necessary conse- quence , that a poem of any length ...
... pleasure , and not truth , was the immediate object of the prophet . In short , whatever specific import we attach to the word , poetry , there will be found involved in it , as a necessary conse- quence , that a poem of any length ...
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... pleasure of a delicate mind , yet never was poem less dan- gerous on a moral account . Instead of doing as Ariosto , and as , still more offensively , Wieland has done , instead of degrading and deforming passion into appetite , the ...
... pleasure of a delicate mind , yet never was poem less dan- gerous on a moral account . Instead of doing as Ariosto , and as , still more offensively , Wieland has done , instead of degrading and deforming passion into appetite , the ...
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