Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... and the power of giving the interest of noyelty by the modifying colours of
imagination. The sudden charm, which accidents of light and shade, which moon
-light or sun-set diffused over a known and familiar landscape, appeared to
represent ...
... and the power of giving the interest of noyelty by the modifying colours of
imagination. The sudden charm, which accidents of light and shade, which moon
-light or sun-set diffused over a known and familiar landscape, appeared to
represent ...
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... our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry , the
power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of
nature , and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours of
...
... our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry , the
power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of
nature , and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours of
...
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In this idea originated the plan of the “ Lyrical Ballads ; " in which it was agreed ,
that my endeavours should be directed to persons and characters supernatural ,
or at least romantic ; yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest
...
In this idea originated the plan of the “ Lyrical Ballads ; " in which it was agreed ,
that my endeavours should be directed to persons and characters supernatural ,
or at least romantic ; yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest
...
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... their nature rejected the usual ornaments and extra - colloquial style of poems
in general , might not be so managed in the language of ordinary life as to
produce the pleasureable interest , which it is the peculiar business of poetry to
impart .
... their nature rejected the usual ornaments and extra - colloquial style of poems
in general , might not be so managed in the language of ordinary life as to
produce the pleasureable interest , which it is the peculiar business of poetry to
impart .
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A second promise of genius is the choice of subjects very remote from the private
interests and circumstances of the writer himself . At least I have found , that
where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal sensations and
...
A second promise of genius is the choice of subjects very remote from the private
interests and circumstances of the writer himself . At least I have found , that
where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal sensations and
...
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| Title | Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Publisher | R. Fenner, 1817 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2006 |
| Length | 309 pages |
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