Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions |
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... continued con- troversy concerning the true nature of poetic diction : and , at the same time , to define with the utmost impartiality , the real poetic character of the poet , by whose writings this controversy was first kindled , and ...
... continued con- troversy concerning the true nature of poetic diction : and , at the same time , to define with the utmost impartiality , the real poetic character of the poet , by whose writings this controversy was first kindled , and ...
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... continued ; but from this I was auspiciously withdrawn , partly indeed by an accidental introduction to an amiable family , chiefly , however , by the genial influence of a style of poetry so tender , and yet so manly , so natu- ral and ...
... continued ; but from this I was auspiciously withdrawn , partly indeed by an accidental introduction to an amiable family , chiefly , however , by the genial influence of a style of poetry so tender , and yet so manly , so natu- ral and ...
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... continued a cannon- ading . Without any feeling of anger , therefore , ( for which , indeed , on my own account , I have no pretext , ) I may yet be allowed to express some degree of surprise , that after having run the critical ...
... continued a cannon- ading . Without any feeling of anger , therefore , ( for which , indeed , on my own account , I have no pretext , ) I may yet be allowed to express some degree of surprise , that after having run the critical ...
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... continued oc- casion to revere , making the usual complaints to me concerning both the style and subjects of Mr. Wordsworth's minor poems ; I ad- mitted that there were some few tales and incidents , in which I could not myself find a ...
... continued oc- casion to revere , making the usual complaints to me concerning both the style and subjects of Mr. Wordsworth's minor poems ; I ad- mitted that there were some few tales and incidents , in which I could not myself find a ...
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... continued to complain for many days successively of pains , now in his joint , and now in that of the very fingers which had been cut off . Des Cartes was led by this incident to reflect on the uncertainty with which we at- tribute any ...
... continued to complain for many days successively of pains , now in his joint , and now in that of the very fingers which had been cut off . Des Cartes was led by this incident to reflect on the uncertainty with which we at- tribute any ...
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admiration appear Aristotle beauty blank verse cause character common compositions criticism Cuxhaven DANE deemed defects diction distinct effect English equally excellence excitement existence express faculty fancy feelings former French genius German German language Greek ground Hamburg heart honour human idea images imagination imitation instance intellectual intelligible interest jacobinism judgment Klopstock knowledge language latter least less lines literary Lyrical Ballads mallem meaning metaphysics metre Milton mind mode moral natural philosophy nature never notions object once opinions original passage passion perhaps person philosophical Plato pleasure Plotinus poem poet poetic poetry possible present principles prose Ratzeburg reader reason rhyme scarcely sensation sense Shakspeare sonnet sophism soul Spinoza spirit stanzas style supposed Synesius taste thing thou thought tion true truth Venus and Adonis verse whole words Wordsworth writer