Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... the several months ; 66 Thirty days hath September ,. April , June , and November , & c . " and others of the same class and purpose . And as a particular pleasure is found in anti- cipating the recurrence of sounds and quanti ties , all 6.
... the several months ; 66 Thirty days hath September ,. April , June , and November , & c . " and others of the same class and purpose . And as a particular pleasure is found in anti- cipating the recurrence of sounds and quanti ties , all 6.
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... Pleasure , and that of the highest and most permanent kind , may result from the attainment of the end ; but it is not itself the immediate end . In other works the communication of pleasure may be the immediate purpose ; and though ...
... Pleasure , and that of the highest and most permanent kind , may result from the attainment of the end ; but it is not itself the immediate end . In other works the communication of pleasure may be the immediate purpose ; and though ...
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... pleasure , not truth ; and from all other species ( having this object in common with it ) it is discriminated by pro- posing to itself such delight from the whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component ...
... pleasure , not truth ; and from all other species ( having this object in common with it ) it is discriminated by pro- posing to itself such delight from the whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component ...
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... pleasure , and not truth , was the immediate object of the prophet . In short , whatever specific import we attach to the word , poetry , there will be found involved in it , as a necessary conse- quence , that a poem of any length ...
... pleasure , and not truth , was the immediate object of the prophet . In short , whatever specific import we attach to the word , poetry , there will be found involved in it , as a necessary conse- quence , that a poem of any length ...
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... pleasurable excitement , which had re- sulted from the energetic fervor of his own spirit in so vividly exhibiting , what it had so accu- rately and profoundly contemplated . I think , I should have conjectured from these poems , that ...
... pleasurable excitement , which had re- sulted from the energetic fervor of his own spirit in so vividly exhibiting , what it had so accu- rately and profoundly contemplated . I think , I should have conjectured from these poems , that ...
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