Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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Page 84
... imaginative faculty in modifying the objects observed ; and above all the original gift of spreading the tone , the atmosphere , and with ries . It may however be exemplified , together with the harsh and obscure construction , in which ...
... imaginative faculty in modifying the objects observed ; and above all the original gift of spreading the tone , the atmosphere , and with ries . It may however be exemplified , together with the harsh and obscure construction , in which ...
Page 86
... imagination were two dis- tinct and widely different faculties , instead of being , according to the general belief , either two names with one meaning , or at furthest , the lower and higher degree of one and the * As " the Friend ...
... imagination were two dis- tinct and widely different faculties , instead of being , according to the general belief , either two names with one meaning , or at furthest , the lower and higher degree of one and the * As " the Friend ...
Page 88
... imaginative , Cowley a very fanciful mind . If therefore I should succeed in estab- lishing the actual existences of ... imagination ; while the other would be contra - distinguished as fancy . Now were it once fully ascertained , that ...
... imaginative , Cowley a very fanciful mind . If therefore I should succeed in estab- lishing the actual existences of ... imagination ; while the other would be contra - distinguished as fancy . Now were it once fully ascertained , that ...
Page 91
... imagination as they are manifested in poetry , and from the different effects to conclude their diversity in kind ; while it is my object to investigate the seminal principle , and then from the kind to deduce the degree . My friend has ...
... imagination as they are manifested in poetry , and from the different effects to conclude their diversity in kind ; while it is my object to investigate the seminal principle , and then from the kind to deduce the degree . My friend has ...
Page 106
... imagination . With my best efforts to be as perspicuous as the nature of language will permit on such a subject , I earnestly soli- cit the good wishes and friendly patience of my readers , while I thus go " sounding on my dim and ...
... imagination . With my best efforts to be as perspicuous as the nature of language will permit on such a subject , I earnestly soli- cit the good wishes and friendly patience of my readers , while I thus go " sounding on my dim and ...
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Biographia Literaria Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Samuel Taylor Coleridge No preview available - 2019 |
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