Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 27
... excellence in the manner of treating the same subjects was the trial and test of the ar- tist's merit . Not otherwise is it with the more polished poets of the 15th and 16th century , especially with those of Italy . The imagery is ...
... excellence in the manner of treating the same subjects was the trial and test of the ar- tist's merit . Not otherwise is it with the more polished poets of the 15th and 16th century , especially with those of Italy . The imagery is ...
Page 41
... excellence ; and Aristotle has accordingly required of the poet an involution of the universal in the individual . The chief differences are , that in Geometry it is the universal truth , which is uppermost in the consciousness ; in ...
... excellence ; and Aristotle has accordingly required of the poet an involution of the universal in the individual . The chief differences are , that in Geometry it is the universal truth , which is uppermost in the consciousness ; in ...
Page 76
... excellence . Of the five lines thus honorably distinguished , two of them differ from prose even more widely , than the lines which either precede or follow , in the position of the words . " A different object do these eyes require ...
... excellence . Of the five lines thus honorably distinguished , two of them differ from prose even more widely , than the lines which either precede or follow , in the position of the words . " A different object do these eyes require ...
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... excellence which had been long be- fore most happily characterized by the judicious and amiable GARVE , whose works are so justly beloved and esteemed by the Germans , in his remarks on GELLERT ( see Sammlung Einiger Abhandlungen von ...
... excellence which had been long be- fore most happily characterized by the judicious and amiable GARVE , whose works are so justly beloved and esteemed by the Germans , in his remarks on GELLERT ( see Sammlung Einiger Abhandlungen von ...
Page 96
... excellence of thought , image , and passion , which we expect or desire in the poetry of the milder muse ; and yet so worded , that the reader sees no one reason either in the selection or the order of the words , why he might not have ...
... excellence of thought , image , and passion , which we expect or desire in the poetry of the milder muse ; and yet so worded , that the reader sees no one reason either in the selection or the order of the words , why he might not have ...
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