Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... respect is observable in our most popular 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 ...
... respect is observable in our most popular 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 ...
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... respects inferior to our own , that the language of poetry is more distinct from that of prose than with us . From the earlier appearance and established primacy of the Tuscan poets , concurring with the number of independent states ...
... respects inferior to our own , that the language of poetry is more distinct from that of prose than with us . From the earlier appearance and established primacy of the Tuscan poets , concurring with the number of independent states ...
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... respect- able country clergymen with whom I have conversed on the subject , the result would en- gender more than scepticism concerning the desirable influences of low and rustic life in and for itself . Whatever may be concluded on the ...
... respect- able country clergymen with whom I have conversed on the subject , the result would en- gender more than scepticism concerning the desirable influences of low and rustic life in and for itself . Whatever may be concluded on the ...
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... respect , my poetic creed does differ from the doctrines promulged in this preface . ) I adopt with full faith the principle of Aristotle , that poetry as poetry is essentially * ideal , that it avoids and excludes all accident ; that ...
... respect , my poetic creed does differ from the doctrines promulged in this preface . ) I adopt with full faith the principle of Aristotle , that poetry as poetry is essentially * ideal , that it avoids and excludes all accident ; that ...
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... position , " that not only the language of a large portion of every good poem , even of the most elevated character , must ne- cessarily , except with reference to the metre , in 1 no respect differ from that of good prose ; 63.
... position , " that not only the language of a large portion of every good poem , even of the most elevated character , must ne- cessarily , except with reference to the metre , in 1 no respect differ from that of good prose ; 63.
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