Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... tion of the whole book ) is poetry in the most emphatic sense ; yet it would be not less ir- rational than strange to assert , that pleasure , and not truth , was the immediate object of the prophet . In short , whatever specific import ...
... tion of the whole book ) is poetry in the most emphatic sense ; yet it would be not less ir- rational than strange to assert , that pleasure , and not truth , was the immediate object of the prophet . In short , whatever specific import ...
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... tion by the will and understanding , and re- tained under their irremissive , though gentle and unnoticed , controul ( laxis effertur habenis ) reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities : of ...
... tion by the will and understanding , and re- tained under their irremissive , though gentle and unnoticed , controul ( laxis effertur habenis ) reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities : of ...
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... 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 fire the things it burns , As we our food ...
... 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 fire the things it burns , As we our food ...
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... as I once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputa- tion for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitary end for a possession of the peculiar means . But the sense of musical delight , with 14.
... as I once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputa- tion for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitary end for a possession of the peculiar means . But the sense of musical delight , with 14.
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... tion ; and this together with the power of reduc- ing multitude into unity of effect , and modify- ing a series of thoughts by some one predomi- nant thought or feeling , may be cultivated and improved , but can never be learnt . It is ...
... tion ; and this together with the power of reduc- ing multitude into unity of effect , and modify- ing a series of thoughts by some one predomi- nant thought or feeling , may be cultivated and improved , but can never be learnt . It is ...
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