Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... lines and sentences of frequent occurrence in good poems , which would be equally becoming as well as beautiful in good prose ; for neither the one or the other has ever been either denied or doubted by any one . The true question must ...
... lines and sentences of frequent occurrence in good poems , which would be equally becoming as well as beautiful in good prose ; for neither the one or the other has ever been either denied or doubted by any one . The true question must ...
Page 76
... lines thus honorably distinguished , two of them differ from prose even more widely , than the lines which either precede or follow , in the position of the words . " A different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish melts no ...
... lines thus honorably distinguished , two of them differ from prose even more widely , than the lines which either precede or follow , in the position of the words . " A different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish melts no ...
Page 77
... lines of this sonnet is distinguished from the ordinary lan- guage of men by the epithet to morning . ( For we will set aside , at present , the consideration , that the particular word " smiling " is hack- neyed , and ( as it involves ...
... lines of this sonnet is distinguished from the ordinary lan- guage of men by the epithet to morning . ( For we will set aside , at present , the consideration , that the particular word " smiling " is hack- neyed , and ( as it involves ...
Page 78
... line , " And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire . " has indeed almost as many faults as words . But then it is a bad line , not because the lan- guage is distinct from that of prose ; but be- cause it conveys incongruous images ...
... line , " And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire . " has indeed almost as many faults as words . But then it is a bad line , not because the lan- guage is distinct from that of prose ; but be- cause it conveys incongruous images ...
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... lines are mean and senseless ? Or on the other , that they are not prosaic , and for that reason unpoetic ? This poet's well - merited epithet is that of the " well - languaged Daniel ; " but likewise and by the consent of his contem ...
... lines are mean and senseless ? Or on the other , that they are not prosaic , and for that reason unpoetic ? This poet's well - merited epithet is that of the " well - languaged Daniel ; " but likewise and by the consent of his contem ...
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