Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... poet ? that the answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other . For it is a dis- tinction resulting from the poetic genius it- self , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The ...
... poet ? that the answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other . For it is a dis- tinction resulting from the poetic genius it- self , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The ...
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... poet to our sympathy with the poetry . Doubtless , " as Sir John Davies observes of the soul ( and his words may with slight altera- tion be applied , and even more appropriately to the poetic IMAGINATION . ) 66 " Doubtless this could ...
... poet to our sympathy with the poetry . Doubtless , " as Sir John Davies observes of the soul ( and his words may with slight altera- tion be applied , and even more appropriately to the poetic IMAGINATION . ) 66 " Doubtless this could ...
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... poetic power , as distinguished from general talent determined to poetic composition by accidental motives , by an act of the will , rather than by the inspi- ration of a genial and productive nature . In this investigation , I could ...
... poetic power , as distinguished from general talent determined to poetic composition by accidental motives , by an act of the will , rather than by the inspi- ration of a genial and productive nature . In this investigation , I could ...
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... poetic genius in general . 1. In the " Venus and Adonis , " the first and most obvious excellence is the perfect ... poet . Imagery ( even taken from nature , much more when transplanted from books , as travels , voyages , and works ...
... poetic genius in general . 1. In the " Venus and Adonis , " the first and most obvious excellence is the perfect ... poet . Imagery ( even taken from nature , much more when transplanted from books , as travels , voyages , and works ...
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... poetic power . 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 ...
... poetic power . 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 ...
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