Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... reason why it is so , and not otherwise . If metre be superadded , all other parts must be made consonant with it .. They must be such , as to justify the perpetual and distinct attention to each part , which an exact correspondent ...
... reason why it is so , and not otherwise . If metre be superadded , all other parts must be made consonant with it .. They must be such , as to justify the perpetual and distinct attention to each part , which an exact correspondent ...
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... reason , than that it would be intolerable in conversation or in prose . Though alas ! even our prose writings , nay even the stile of our more set discourses , strive to be in the fashion , and trick themselves out in the soiled and ...
... reason , than that it would be intolerable in conversation or in prose . Though alas ! even our prose writings , nay even the stile of our more set discourses , strive to be in the fashion , and trick themselves out in the soiled and ...
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... reasons , and converted into mere ar- tifices of connection or ornament , constitute the characteristic falsity in the poetic style of the moderns ; and as far as he has , with equal acuteness and clearness , pointed out the pro- cess ...
... reasons , and converted into mere ar- tifices of connection or ornament , constitute the characteristic falsity in the poetic style of the moderns ; and as far as he has , with equal acuteness and clearness , pointed out the pro- cess ...
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... reason , but both from the few instances in which the poet himself need be supposed to ' Tis now some two - and - twenty years Since she ( her name is Martha Ray ) Gave , with a maiden's true good will , Her company to Stephen Hill ...
... reason , but both from the few instances in which the poet himself need be supposed to ' Tis now some two - and - twenty years Since she ( her name is Martha Ray ) Gave , with a maiden's true good will , Her company to Stephen Hill ...
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... reason for their being written metrically ? " And thus continuing , she said I had a son , who many a day Sailed on the seas ; but he is dead ; In Denmark he was cast away : And I have travelled far as Hull , to see What clothes he ...
... reason for their being written metrically ? " And thus continuing , she said I had a son , who many a day Sailed on the seas ; but he is dead ; In Denmark he was cast away : And I have travelled far as Hull , to see What clothes he ...
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