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... of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment , which constitutes poetic faith . Mr. Wordsworth , on the other hand , was to propose to himself as his object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day ...
... of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment , which constitutes poetic faith . Mr. Wordsworth , on the other hand , was to propose to himself as his object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day ...
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The philosophic critics of all ages coincide with the ultimate judgement of all countries , in equally denying the praises of a just poem , on the one hand , to a series of striking lines or distichs , each of which absorbing the whole ...
The philosophic critics of all ages coincide with the ultimate judgement of all countries , in equally denying the praises of a just poem , on the one hand , to a series of striking lines or distichs , each of which absorbing the whole ...
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In his diction and metre , on the other hand , he is comparatively careless . The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying principle but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some ...
In his diction and metre , on the other hand , he is comparatively careless . The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying principle but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some ...
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poetry must be clothed with generic attributes , with the common attributes of the class ; not with such as one gifted individual might possibly possess , but such as from his situation it is most probable before - hand , that he would ...
poetry must be clothed with generic attributes , with the common attributes of the class ; not with such as one gifted individual might possibly possess , but such as from his situation it is most probable before - hand , that he would ...
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事> On the other hand , in the poems which are pitched at a lower note , as the “ Harry Gill , ” “ Idiot Boy , ” & c . the feelings are those of human nature in general ; though the poet has judiciously laid the scene in the country ...
事> On the other hand , in the poems which are pitched at a lower note , as the “ Harry Gill , ” “ Idiot Boy , ” & c . the feelings are those of human nature in general ; though the poet has judiciously laid the scene in the country ...
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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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