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The last character I shall mention , which would prove indeed but little , except as taken conjointly with the former ; yet without which the former could scarce exist in a high degree , and ( even if this were possible ) would give ...
The last character I shall mention , which would prove indeed but little , except as taken conjointly with the former ; yet without which the former could scarce exist in a high degree , and ( even if this were possible ) would give ...
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... and even demand their intensest workings . And yet we find in Shakspeare's management of the tale neither pathos , nor any other dramatic quality . There is the same minute and faithful imagery as in the former poem , in the same ...
... and even demand their intensest workings . And yet we find in Shakspeare's management of the tale neither pathos , nor any other dramatic quality . There is the same minute and faithful imagery as in the former poem , in the same ...
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While the former darts himself forth , and passes into all the forms of human character and passion , the one Proteus of the fire and the flood ; the other attracts all forms and things to himself , into the unity of his own IDEAL .
While the former darts himself forth , and passes into all the forms of human character and passion , the one Proteus of the fire and the flood ; the other attracts all forms and things to himself , into the unity of his own IDEAL .
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... of difference between the poetry of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , and that of the present age . The remark may perhaps be extended to the sister art of painting . At least the latter will serve to illustrate the former .
... of difference between the poetry of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , and that of the present age . The remark may perhaps be extended to the sister art of painting . At least the latter will serve to illustrate the former .
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trate the former . In the present age the poet ( I would wish to be understood as speaking generally , and without allusion to individual names ) seems to propose to himself as his main object , and as that which is the most ...
trate the former . In the present age the poet ( I would wish to be understood as speaking generally , and without allusion to individual names ) seems to propose to himself as his main object , and as that which is the most ...
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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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