Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 83
... become metre to the eye only . The existence of prosaisms , and that they detract from the merit of a poem , must at length be conceded , when a number of successive lines can be ren- dered , even to the most delicate ear , unrecogni ...
... become metre to the eye only . The existence of prosaisms , and that they detract from the merit of a poem , must at length be conceded , when a number of successive lines can be ren- dered , even to the most delicate ear , unrecogni ...
Page 85
... becomes the representative and re- ward of our past conscious reasonings , in- sights , and conclusions , and acquires the name of TASTE . By what rule that does not leave the reader at the poet's mercy , and the poet Ff3 85 with the ...
... becomes the representative and re- ward of our past conscious reasonings , in- sights , and conclusions , and acquires the name of TASTE . By what rule that does not leave the reader at the poet's mercy , and the poet Ff3 85 with the ...
Page 95
... is certain , that poetry when it has attained this excellence makes a far greater impression than prose . So much so indeed , that even the gratification which the very rhymes afford , becomes then no longer a contemptible 95.
... is certain , that poetry when it has attained this excellence makes a far greater impression than prose . So much so indeed , that even the gratification which the very rhymes afford , becomes then no longer a contemptible 95.
Page 96
... becomes then no longer a contemptible or trifling gratification . " However novel this phenomenon may have . been in Germany at the time of Gellert , it is by no means new , nor yet of recent existence in our language . Spite of the ...
... becomes then no longer a contemptible or trifling gratification . " However novel this phenomenon may have . been in Germany at the time of Gellert , it is by no means new , nor yet of recent existence in our language . Spite of the ...
Page 119
... becomes personal injury , his sar- casms personal insults . He ceases to be a CRITIC , and takes on him the most contempti- ble character to which a rational creature can be degraded , that of a gossip , backbiter , and pasquillant ...
... becomes personal injury , his sar- casms personal insults . He ceases to be a CRITIC , and takes on him the most contempti- ble character to which a rational creature can be degraded , that of a gossip , backbiter , and pasquillant ...
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