Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... specimen , as that the occasional diffe- rences appear evidently to arise from accident , or the qualities of the language itself , not from meditation and an intelligent purpose . And the language from " Pope's translation of Homer ...
... specimen , as that the occasional diffe- rences appear evidently to arise from accident , or the qualities of the language itself , not from meditation and an intelligent purpose . And the language from " Pope's translation of Homer ...
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... specimens . I have seldom met with compositions that possessed , to my feelings , more of that satisfying entireness , that complete adequateness of the manner to the matter which so charms us in Anacreon , join'd with the tenderness ...
... specimens . I have seldom met with compositions that possessed , to my feelings , more of that satisfying entireness , that complete adequateness of the manner to the matter which so charms us in Anacreon , join'd with the tenderness ...
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... specimen of common extemporary devotion , and such as we might expect to hear from every self - inspired minister of a conventicle ! And I reflect with delight , how little a mere theory , though of his own workmanship , interferes with ...
... specimen of common extemporary devotion , and such as we might expect to hear from every self - inspired minister of a conventicle ! And I reflect with delight , how little a mere theory , though of his own workmanship , interferes with ...
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... specimens of that style which , as the neutral ground of prose and verse , is common to both . A fine and almost faultless extract , eminent as for other beauties , so for its perfection in this species of diction , may be seen in ...
... specimens of that style which , as the neutral ground of prose and verse , is common to both . A fine and almost faultless extract , eminent as for other beauties , so for its perfection in this species of diction , may be seen in ...
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... specimen : 1 " Ye harp - controuling hymns ! ( or ) ye hymns the sovereigns of harps ! What God ? what Hero ? What Man shall we celebrate ? Truly Pisa indeed is of Jove , But the Olympiad ( or the Olympic games ) did Hercules establish ...
... specimen : 1 " Ye harp - controuling hymns ! ( or ) ye hymns the sovereigns of harps ! What God ? what Hero ? What Man shall we celebrate ? Truly Pisa indeed is of Jove , But the Olympiad ( or the Olympic games ) did Hercules establish ...
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