Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 11
... soul of man into activity , with the subordination of its faculties to each other , according to their relative worth and dignity . He diffuses a tone , and spirit of unity , that blends , and ( as it were ) fuses , each into each , by ...
... soul of man into activity , with the subordination of its faculties to each other , according to their relative worth and dignity . He diffuses a tone , and spirit of unity , that blends , and ( as it were ) fuses , each into each , by ...
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... soul ( and his words may with slight altera- tion be applied , and even more appropriately to the poetic IMAGINATION . ) 66 " Doubtless this could not be , but that she turns Bodies to spirit by sublimation strange , As fire converts to ...
... soul ( and his words may with slight altera- tion be applied , and even more appropriately to the poetic IMAGINATION . ) 66 " Doubtless this could not be , but that she turns Bodies to spirit by sublimation strange , As fire converts to ...
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... soul " can indeed never be a genuine poet . Imagery ( even taken from nature , much more when transplanted from books , as travels , voyages , and works of natural history ) affect- ing incidents ; just thoughts ; interesting per- sonal ...
... soul " can indeed never be a genuine poet . Imagery ( even taken from nature , much more when transplanted from books , as travels , voyages , and works of natural history ) affect- ing incidents ; just thoughts ; interesting per- sonal ...
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... soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come- * ** * The mortal moon hath her eclipse endur'd , And the sad augurs mock their own presage ; Incertainties now crown themselves assur'd , And Peace proclaims olives of endless age ...
... soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come- * ** * The mortal moon hath her eclipse endur'd , And the sad augurs mock their own presage ; Incertainties now crown themselves assur'd , And Peace proclaims olives of endless age ...
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... sophistication and vicious in- termixture . I am convinced , that for the human soul to prosper in rustic life , a certain vantage- ground is pre - requisite . It is not every man , that is likely to be improved by a country life 39.
... sophistication and vicious in- termixture . I am convinced , that for the human soul to prosper in rustic life , a certain vantage- ground is pre - requisite . It is not every man , that is likely to be improved by a country life 39.
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