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In this form the “ Lyrical Ballads ” were published ; and were presented by him , as an experiment , whether subjects , which from their nature rejected the usual ornaments and extra - colloquial style of poems in general , might not be ...
In this form the “ Lyrical Ballads ” were published ; and were presented by him , as an experiment , whether subjects , which from their nature rejected the usual ornaments and extra - colloquial style of poems in general , might not be ...
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... and converted into mere artifices of connection or ornament , constitute the characteristic falsity in the poetic style of the moderns ; and as far as he has , with equal acuteness and clearness , pointed out the process in which ...
... and converted into mere artifices of connection or ornament , constitute the characteristic falsity in the poetic style of the moderns ; and as far as he has , with equal acuteness and clearness , pointed out the process in which ...
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... but of good parts , by constant reading of the bible will naturally form a more winning and commanding rhetoric than those that are learned ; the intermixture of tongues and of artificial phrases debasing their style .
... but of good parts , by constant reading of the bible will naturally form a more winning and commanding rhetoric than those that are learned ; the intermixture of tongues and of artificial phrases debasing their style .
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Doubtless , if what is peculiar to each were omitted in each , the result must needs be the same . Further , that the poet , who ' uses an illogical diction , or a style fitted to excite only the low and changeable pleasure of wonder by ...
Doubtless , if what is peculiar to each were omitted in each , the result must needs be the same . Further , that the poet , who ' uses an illogical diction , or a style fitted to excite only the low and changeable pleasure of wonder by ...
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Unless therefore the difference denied be that of the mere words , as materials common to all styles of writing , and not of the style itself in the universally admitted. * It is no less an error in teachers , than a forment to the poor ...
Unless therefore the difference denied be that of the mere words , as materials common to all styles of writing , and not of the style itself in the universally admitted. * It is no less an error in teachers , than a forment to the poor ...
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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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