Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 66
... existence to a state of increased excitement , so the metre itself should be accompanied by the natural language of excitement . Secondly , that as these elements are formed into metre artificially , by a voluntary act , with the design ...
... existence to a state of increased excitement , so the metre itself should be accompanied by the natural language of excitement . Secondly , that as these elements are formed into metre artificially , by a voluntary act , with the design ...
Page 83
... 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- zable as verse , or as having even ...
... 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- zable as verse , or as having even ...
Page 96
... existence in our language . Spite of the licentiousness with which Spencer occasionally compels the ortho- graphy of his words into a subservience to his rhymes , the whole Fairy Queen is an almost continued instance of this beauty ...
... existence in our language . Spite of the licentiousness with which Spencer occasionally compels the ortho- graphy of his words into a subservience to his rhymes , the whole Fairy Queen is an almost continued instance of this beauty ...
Page 127
... existence of both to give a harmony and integrity both to the image and the feeling excited by it . Con- ceive them removed , and the statue would be- become un - natural , without being super - natural . We called to mind the horns of ...
... existence of both to give a harmony and integrity both to the image and the feeling excited by it . Con- ceive them removed , and the statue would be- become un - natural , without being super - natural . We called to mind the horns of ...
Page 141
... existence in matter , but in reason . " " For this minute accuracy in the painting of local imagery , the lines in the ExCURSION , p . 96 , 97 , and 98 , may be taken , if not as a striking in- stance yet as an illustration of my ...
... existence in matter , but in reason . " " For this minute accuracy in the painting of local imagery , the lines in the ExCURSION , p . 96 , 97 , and 98 , may be taken , if not as a striking in- stance yet as an illustration of my ...
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