Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 20
... image of succession with the feeling of simultaneousness ! With this he breaketh from the sweet embrace Of those fair aims , that held him to her heart , And homeward through the dark lawns runs apace : Look how a bright star shooteth ...
... image of succession with the feeling of simultaneousness ! With this he breaketh from the sweet embrace Of those fair aims , that held him to her heart , And homeward through the dark lawns runs apace : Look how a bright star shooteth ...
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... IMAGES ; with INCIDENTS that interest the affections or excite the curiosity . Both his characters and his descriptions he renders , as much as possible , specific and individual , even to a degree of portraiture . In his diction and ...
... IMAGES ; with INCIDENTS that interest the affections or excite the curiosity . Both his characters and his descriptions he renders , as much as possible , specific and individual , even to a degree of portraiture . In his diction and ...
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... images ; and the fable of their narrative poems , for the most part drawn from mythology , or sources of equal notoriety , derive their chief attractions from the manner of treating them ; from impas- sioned flow , or picturesque ...
... images ; and the fable of their narrative poems , for the most part drawn from mythology , or sources of equal notoriety , derive their chief attractions from the manner of treating them ; from impas- sioned flow , or picturesque ...
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... images ; and that state which is induced by the natural language of empas- sioned feeling ; he undertook a useful task , and deserves all praise , both for the attempt and for the execution . The provocations to this remonstrance ...
... images ; and that state which is induced by the natural language of empas- sioned feeling ; he undertook a useful task , and deserves all praise , both for the attempt and for the execution . The provocations to this remonstrance ...
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... images , without the necessity of ascribing a sentimental perception of their beauty to the persons of his drama . In the " Idiot Boy , " indeed , the mother's character is not so much a real and native product of a " situation where ...
... images , without the necessity of ascribing a sentimental perception of their beauty to the persons of his drama . In the " Idiot Boy , " indeed , the mother's character is not so much a real and native product of a " situation where ...
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