Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 140
... believe for his own sake . To this accidentality , I object , as contravening the essence of poetry , which Aristotle pronounces to be σπεδαιότατον καὶ φιλοσοφικώτατον γενὸς , the most intense , weighty and philosophical product of ...
... believe for his own sake . To this accidentality , I object , as contravening the essence of poetry , which Aristotle pronounces to be σπεδαιότατον καὶ φιλοσοφικώτατον γενὸς , the most intense , weighty and philosophical product of ...
Page 146
... believe the instances to be exceedingly rare ; and should feel almost as strong an objection to introduce such a character in a poetic fiction , as a pair of black swans on a lake , in a fancy - land- scape . When I think how many , and ...
... believe the instances to be exceedingly rare ; and should feel almost as strong an objection to introduce such a character in a poetic fiction , as a pair of black swans on a lake , in a fancy - land- scape . When I think how many , and ...
Page 149
... believe . Add to all the foregoing the seeming use- lessness both of the project and of the anecdotes from which it is to derive support . Is there one word for instance , attributed to the pedlar in the EXCURSION , characterestic of a ...
... believe . Add to all the foregoing the seeming use- lessness both of the project and of the anecdotes from which it is to derive support . Is there one word for instance , attributed to the pedlar in the EXCURSION , characterestic of a ...
Page 161
... , in which they are set , as jewels in a crown of lead or iron , betrays the true age of the writer . Much however may be effected by education . I believe not LI 161 in poetry it is practicable to preserve the diction ...
... , in which they are set , as jewels in a crown of lead or iron , betrays the true age of the writer . Much however may be effected by education . I believe not LI 161 in poetry it is practicable to preserve the diction ...
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge. however may be effected by education . I believe not only from grounds of reason , but from hav- ing in great measure assured myself of the fact by actual though limited experience , that to a youth led from his ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. however may be effected by education . I believe not only from grounds of reason , but from hav- ing in great measure assured myself of the fact by actual though limited experience , that to a youth led from his ...
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