Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 54
... common peasant . For " real " therefore , we must substitute ordinary , or lingua communis . And this , we have proved , is no more to be found in the phraseology of low and rustic life , than in that of any other class . Omit the ...
... common peasant . For " real " therefore , we must substitute ordinary , or lingua communis . And this , we have proved , is no more to be found in the phraseology of low and rustic life , than in that of any other class . Omit the ...
Page 59
... common extemporary devotion , and such as we might expect to hear from every self - inspired minister of a conventicle ! And I reflect with delight , how little a mere theory , though of his own workmanship , interferes with the ...
... common extemporary devotion , and such as we might expect to hear from every self - inspired minister of a conventicle ! And I reflect with delight , how little a mere theory , though of his own workmanship , interferes with the ...
Page 60
... common to all styles of writing , * It is no less an error in teachers , than a torment to the poor children , to inforce the necessity of reading as they would talk . In order to cure them of singing as it is called ; that is , of too ...
... common to all styles of writing , * It is no less an error in teachers , than a torment to the poor children , to inforce the necessity of reading as they would talk . In order to cure them of singing as it is called ; that is , of too ...
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... common grammatic flexions of some tribe or province , had been accidentally appro- priated to poetry , by the general admiration of certain master intellects , the first established lights of inspiration , to whom that dialect hap ...
... common grammatic flexions of some tribe or province , had been accidentally appro- priated to poetry , by the general admiration of certain master intellects , the first established lights of inspiration , to whom that dialect hap ...
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... common belief . Mr. Wordsworth , in consequence , assigns as the proof of his position , " that not only the language of a large portion of every good poem , even of the most elevated character , must ne- cessarily , except with ...
... common belief . Mr. Wordsworth , in consequence , assigns as the proof of his position , " that not only the language of a large portion of every good poem , even of the most elevated character , must ne- cessarily , except with ...
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