Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 40
... of artificial cultivation . On the contrary the mountaineers , whose manners have been so often eulogized , are in , general better educated and greater readers than men of equal rank elsewhere . case , as among the peasantry of 40.
... of artificial cultivation . On the contrary the mountaineers , whose manners have been so often eulogized , are in , general better educated and greater readers than men of equal rank elsewhere . case , as among the peasantry of 40.
Page 51
... greater part of which have no place in the conscious- ness of uneducated man ; though in civilized society , by imitation and passive remembrance of what they hear from their religious instructors and other superiors , the most ...
... greater part of which have no place in the conscious- ness of uneducated man ; though in civilized society , by imitation and passive remembrance of what they hear from their religious instructors and other superiors , the most ...
Page 52
... greater right , than the style of Hooker or Bacon to Tom Brown or Sir Roger L'Estrange . Doubtless , if what is pe- culiar to each were omitted in each , the result must needs be the same . Further , that the poet , who uses an ...
... greater right , than the style of Hooker or Bacon to Tom Brown or Sir Roger L'Estrange . Doubtless , if what is pe- culiar to each were omitted in each , the result must needs be the same . Further , that the poet , who uses an ...
Page 56
... greater and of longer en- durance , than to be exhausted or satisfied by a single representation of the image or incident exciting it . Such repetitions I admit to be a beauty of the highest kind ; as illustrated by Mr. Wordsworth ...
... greater and of longer en- durance , than to be exhausted or satisfied by a single representation of the image or incident exciting it . Such repetitions I admit to be a beauty of the highest kind ; as illustrated by Mr. Wordsworth ...
Page 57
... the inter- course of uneducated men , is distinguished from the diction of their superiors in know- ledge and power , by the greater disjunction and separation in the component parts of that , what- ever CHAPTER XVIII. ...
... the inter- course of uneducated men , is distinguished from the diction of their superiors in know- ledge and power , by the greater disjunction and separation in the component parts of that , what- ever CHAPTER XVIII. ...
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