Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 15
... least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal sensations and experiences , the excellence of a particular poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge , of genuine poetic ...
... least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal sensations and experiences , the excellence of a particular poem is but an equivocal mark , and often a fallacious pledge , of genuine poetic ...
Page 23
... and sixteenth centu- ries , and that of the present age . The remark may perhaps be extended to the sister art of painting . At least the latter will serve to illus- * trate the former . In the present age the CHAPTER XVI. ...
... and sixteenth centu- ries , and that of the present age . The remark may perhaps be extended to the sister art of painting . At least the latter will serve to illus- * trate the former . In the present age the CHAPTER XVI. ...
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... least remote from his own convictions , as not less congruous with his own theory , than with that which he repro- bates . In like manner with a kind of instinc- tive prudence , he will abandon by little and little his weakest posts ...
... least remote from his own convictions , as not less congruous with his own theory , than with that which he repro- bates . In like manner with a kind of instinc- tive prudence , he will abandon by little and little his weakest posts ...
Page 44
... least , they are the only plausible objections , which I have heard to that fine poem . The one is , that the author has not , in the poem itself , taken sufficient care to preclude from the reader's fancy the disgusting images of ...
... least , they are the only plausible objections , which I have heard to that fine poem . The one is , that the author has not , in the poem itself , taken sufficient care to preclude from the reader's fancy the disgusting images of ...
Page 54
... least as numerous and weighty , as would be required in adapting to the same purpose the ordinary language of tradesmen and manufac- turers . Not to mention , that the language so highly extolled by Mr. Wordsworth varies in every county ...
... least as numerous and weighty , as would be required in adapting to the same purpose the ordinary language of tradesmen and manufac- turers . Not to mention , that the language so highly extolled by Mr. Wordsworth varies in every county ...
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