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The thought suggested itself ( to which of us I do not recollect ) that a series of poems might be composed of two sorts . In the one , the incidents and agents were to be , in part at least , supernatua Аа 1 ral ; and the excellence ...
The thought suggested itself ( to which of us I do not recollect ) that a series of poems might be composed of two sorts . In the one , the incidents and agents were to be , in part at least , supernatua Аа 1 ral ; and the excellence ...
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... which they were for a long time described as being ; had they been really distinguished from the compositions of other poets merely by meanness of language and inanity of thought ; had they indeed contained nothing more than what is ...
... which they were for a long time described as being ; had they been really distinguished from the compositions of other poets merely by meanness of language and inanity of thought ; had they indeed contained nothing more than what is ...
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For it is a distinction resulting from the poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into ...
For it is a distinction resulting from the poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into ...
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In this investigation , I could not , I thought , do better , than keep before me the earliest work of the greatest genius , that perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . I mean the “ Venus and Adonis ...
In this investigation , I could not , I thought , do better , than keep before me the earliest work of the greatest genius , that perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . I mean the “ Venus and Adonis ...
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... and the power displayed in varying the march of the words without passing into a loftier and more majectic rhythm , than was demanded by the thoughts , or permitted by the propriety of preserving a sense of melody predominant .
... and the power displayed in varying the march of the words without passing into a loftier and more majectic rhythm , than was demanded by the thoughts , or permitted by the propriety of preserving a sense of melody predominant .
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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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