Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... hand , was to propose to him- self as his object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day , and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural , by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of cus- tom , and ...
... hand , was to propose to him- self as his object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day , and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural , by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of cus- tom , and ...
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... hand , to a series of striking lines or distichs , each of which absorbing 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 ...
... hand , to a series of striking lines or distichs , each of which absorbing 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 ...
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... hand , he is comparatively careless . The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying prin- ciple but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some mechanical movement is adopted , of which one ...
... hand , he is comparatively careless . The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying prin- ciple but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some mechanical movement is adopted , of which one ...
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... hand , that he would pos- sess . If my premises are right , and my deduc- tions legitimate , it follows that there can be no poetic medium between the swains of Theocritus and those of an imaginary golden age . The characters of the ...
... hand , that he would pos- sess . If my premises are right , and my deduc- tions legitimate , it follows that there can be no poetic medium between the swains of Theocritus and those of an imaginary golden age . The characters of the ...
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... hand , in the poems which are pitched at a lower note , as the " HARRY GILL , " " IDIOT BOY , " & c . the feelings are those of human nature in general ; though the poet has judiciously laid the scene in the country , in order to place ...
... hand , in the poems which are pitched at a lower note , as the " HARRY GILL , " " IDIOT BOY , " & c . the feelings are those of human nature in general ; though the poet has judiciously laid the scene in the country , in order to place ...
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