Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... , or measure , or both , I must leave his opinion uncontroverted . The dis- tinction is at least competent to characterize the writer's intention . If it were subjoined , that the whole is likewise entertaining or affect- ing , 8.
... , or measure , or both , I must leave his opinion uncontroverted . The dis- tinction is at least competent to characterize the writer's intention . If it were subjoined , that the whole is likewise entertaining or affect- ing , 8.
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... writer himself . At least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal sensations and experiences , the excellence of a particular poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge ...
... writer himself . At least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal sensations and experiences , the excellence of a particular poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge ...
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... writers of each period seem to establish one striking point of difference between the poetry of the fifteenth and sixteenth centu- ries , and that of the present age . The remark may perhaps be extended to the sister art of painting ...
... writers of each period seem to establish one striking point of difference between the poetry of the fifteenth and sixteenth centu- ries , and that of the present age . The remark may perhaps be extended to the sister art of painting ...
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... writer's convenience ; or else some mechanical movement is adopted , of which one couplet or stanza is so far an ade- quate specimen , as that the occasional diffe- rences appear evidently to arise from accident , or the qualities of ...
... writer's convenience ; or else some mechanical movement is adopted , of which one couplet or stanza is so far an ade- quate specimen , as that the occasional diffe- rences appear evidently to arise from accident , or the qualities of ...
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... writers . But it is equally true , that this recurrence to plain sense , and genuine mother English , is far from being general ; and that the composition of our novels , magazines , public harangues , & c . is commonly as trivial in ...
... writers . But it is equally true , that this recurrence to plain sense , and genuine mother English , is far from being general ; and that the composition of our novels , magazines , public harangues , & c . is commonly as trivial in ...
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