Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions |
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Page 88
... amber , " from Shakespear's " What ! have his daughters brought him to this pass ? " or from the preceding apostrophe to the elements ; the theory of the fine arts , and of poetry in par- ticular , could not , I thought , but derive 88.
... amber , " from Shakespear's " What ! have his daughters brought him to this pass ? " or from the preceding apostrophe to the elements ; the theory of the fine arts , and of poetry in par- ticular , could not , I thought , but derive 88.
Page 89
... derive some additional and important light . It would in its immediate effects furnish a torch of guidance to the philosophical critic ; and ultimately to the poet himself . In energetic minds , truth soon changes by domestication into ...
... derive some additional and important light . It would in its immediate effects furnish a torch of guidance to the philosophical critic ; and ultimately to the poet himself . In energetic minds , truth soon changes by domestication into ...
Page 99
... derive association from the connection and interdependence of the supposed matter , the movements of which constitute our thoughts , must have reduced all its forms to the one law of time . But even the merit of announcing this law with ...
... derive association from the connection and interdependence of the supposed matter , the movements of which constitute our thoughts , must have reduced all its forms to the one law of time . But even the merit of announcing this law with ...
Page 120
... is no other than merely ( to appear to itself ) to combine and to apply the phænomena of the association ; and as these derive all their reality from the primary sensations ; and the sensations again all their reality 120.
... is no other than merely ( to appear to itself ) to combine and to apply the phænomena of the association ; and as these derive all their reality from the primary sensations ; and the sensations again all their reality 120.
Page 143
... derive any advantage , or to collect any in- telligible meaning , from the writings of these ignorant mystics , the reader must bring with him a spirit and judgement superior to that of the writers themselves : 66 And what he brings ...
... derive any advantage , or to collect any in- telligible meaning , from the writings of these ignorant mystics , the reader must bring with him a spirit and judgement superior to that of the writers themselves : 66 And what he brings ...
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