Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 68
Page 4
... whole long continued controversy . For from the conjunction of perceived power with supposed heresy I explain the inveteracy and in some instances , I grieve to say , the acrimonious passions , with which the contro- versy has been ...
... whole long continued controversy . For from the conjunction of perceived power with supposed heresy I explain the inveteracy and in some instances , I grieve to say , the acrimonious passions , with which the contro- versy has been ...
Page 8
... whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part . Controversy is not seldom excited in conse- quence of the disputants attaching each a dif- ferent meaning to the same word ; and in few instances has this ...
... whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part . Controversy is not seldom excited in conse- quence of the disputants attaching each a dif- ferent meaning to the same word ; and in few instances has this ...
Page 9
... whole attention of the reader to itself disjoins it from its context , and makes it a separate whole , instead of an harmonizing part ; and on the other hand , to an unsustained composition , from which the reader collects rapidly the ...
... whole attention of the reader to itself disjoins it from its context , and makes it a separate whole , instead of an harmonizing part ; and on the other hand , to an unsustained composition , from which the reader collects rapidly the ...
Page 10
... 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 we attach ...
... 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 we attach ...
Page 11
... whole 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 ...
... whole 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 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration Aldobrand ANSW appear beauty Bertram blank verse character child common composition conversation critic Cuxhaven DANE defect delight diction drama Edinburgh Review effect Elbe English equally excellence excitement expression feelings former French genius German German language greater Greek ground guage Hamburg heart human imagery images imagination imitation instance interesting judgement Klopstock lady language least less lines low and rustic Lubec Lyrical Ballads MADRIGALE Martha Ray means ment metre metrical Milton mind moral nature object odes passage passion perhaps person philosophical Pindar pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poetry present prose racter Ratzeburg reader reason rhyme S. T. COLERIDGE scene seemed sense sentences Shakespeare Sonnet soul specimens spirit stanzas style surprize sweet sympathy taste thing thou thought tion tragedy truth Venus and Adonis verse whole wish words Wordsworth writers