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For it is a distinction resulting from the poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into ...
For it is a distinction resulting from the poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into ...
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crete ; the idea , with the image ; the individual , with the representative ; the sense of novelty . and freshness , with old and familiar objects ; a more than usual state of emotion , with more than usual order ; judgement ever awake ...
crete ; the idea , with the image ; the individual , with the representative ; the sense of novelty . and freshness , with old and familiar objects ; a more than usual state of emotion , with more than usual order ; judgement ever awake ...
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... and the playful nature of the thoughts and images ; and above all from the alienation , and , if I may hazard such an expression , the utter aloofness of the poet's own feelings , from those of which he is at once 16.
... and the playful nature of the thoughts and images ; and above all from the alienation , and , if I may hazard such an expression , the utter aloofness of the poet's own feelings , from those of which he is at once 16.
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... by dissipating the reader's notice among the thousand outward ' images , and now beautiful , now fanciful circumstances , which form its dresses and its scenery ; or by diverting our attention from the main sub . ject by those ...
... by dissipating the reader's notice among the thousand outward ' images , and now beautiful , now fanciful circumstances , which form its dresses and its scenery ; or by diverting our attention from the main sub . ject by those ...
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as far as they are modified by a predominant passion ; or by associated thoughts or images awakened by that passion ; or when they have the effect of reducing multitude to unity , or succession to an instant ; or lastly , when a human ...
as far as they are modified by a predominant passion ; or by associated thoughts or images awakened by that passion ; or when they have the effect of reducing multitude to unity , or succession to an instant ; or lastly , when a human ...
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admiration answer appear beautiful become believe better called cause character child common composition connected continued conversation critic Dane diction distinction effect English equally excellence excitement existence expression feelings former genius German give greater hand heart human images imagination individual instance interest Italy kind language least less light lines live look manners means metre mind moral nature never object observed once original particular passage passed passion perhaps person philosophical play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry possess possible present produced prose reader reason respect round scene seems sense single soul speak spirit stanzas style talk thing thou thought tion true truth whole wish Wordsworth writers
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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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