Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... manner there may be a man of sense who has no sense of the merits of Mr. Wordsworth's writings ; but to be ignorant of their power and influence is to be ignorant of the mind of the age in relation to poetry . The laughter of thirty ...
... manner there may be a man of sense who has no sense of the merits of Mr. Wordsworth's writings ; but to be ignorant of their power and influence is to be ignorant of the mind of the age in relation to poetry . The laughter of thirty ...
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... manner of treating the same subjects was the trial and test of the artist's merit . Not otherwise is it with the more polished poets of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , especially those of Italy . The imagery is almost always ...
... manner of treating the same subjects was the trial and test of the artist's merit . Not otherwise is it with the more polished poets of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , especially those of Italy . The imagery is almost always ...
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... manner to the matter which so charms us in Anacreon , joined with the tender- ness , and more than the delicacy of Catullus . Trifles as they are , they were probably elaborated with great care ; yet in the perusal we refer them to a ...
... manner to the matter which so charms us in Anacreon , joined with the tender- ness , and more than the delicacy of Catullus . Trifles as they are , they were probably elaborated with great care ; yet in the perusal we refer them to a ...
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... manner with a kind of instinctive prudence , he will abandon by little and little his weakest posts , till at length he seems to for- get that they had ever belonged to him , or affects to consider them at most as accidental and " petty ...
... manner with a kind of instinctive prudence , he will abandon by little and little his weakest posts , till at length he seems to for- get that they had ever belonged to him , or affects to consider them at most as accidental and " petty ...
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... manners and discourse of their inferiours . For the pleasure so derived may be traced to three exciting causes . The first is the naturalness , in fact , of the things represented . The second is the apparent naturalness of the ...
... manners and discourse of their inferiours . For the pleasure so derived may be traced to three exciting causes . The first is the naturalness , in fact , of the things represented . The second is the apparent naturalness of the ...
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admiration appear beautiful believe Bertram blank verse boys Bristol brother called character Charles Lloyd child Coleridge's composition Courier criticism Dane delight diction drama EDINBURGH REVIEW edition effect English essays excellence excitement expression eyes fancy Father feelings genius German ground heart heaven honour human Iamus images imagination instance Joan of Arc kind Klopstock Kotzebue language least less letter lines live look mean metre Milton mind moral Morning Post Mother Muse nature never object Paradise Lost passage passion person philosophical Pindar pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poetry present prose racter Ratzeburg reader rhyme S. T. COLERIDGE says scarcely seems sense Shakespeare shew Sonnet soul Southey speak spirit stanza Stuart style superiour taste thee things thou thought tion translation truth verse Watchman whole words Wordsworth write wrote
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Page 51 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Page 14 - ... reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities : of sameness, with difference; of the general, with the concrete; 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...
Page 21 - And peace proclaims olives of endless age. Now with the drops of this most balmy time My love looks fresh, and Death to me subscribes, Since, spite of him, I'll live in this poor rhyme, While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes: And thou in this shalt find thy monument, When tyrants' crests and tombs of brass are spent.
Page 180 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 112 - Pressed closely palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him. And they would shout Across the watery vale, and .shout again, Responsive to his call, — with quivering peals, And long halloos, and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled...
Page 103 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Page 21 - Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace...
Page 69 - The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas! for other notes repine; A different object do these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear, And weep the more...
Page 137 - Joyous as morning Thou art laughing and scorning ; Thou hast a nest for thy love and thy rest, And, though little troubled with sloth, Drunken Lark ! thou would'st be loth To be such a traveller as I. Happy, happy Liver, With a soul as strong as a mountain river Pouring out praise to the Almighty Giver...
Page 180 - The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast...