Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... natural and the ar- tificial , still subordinates art to nature ; the manner to the matter ; and our admiration of the poet to our sympathy with the poetry . Doubtless , " as Sir John Davies observes of the soul ( and his words may with ...
... natural and the ar- tificial , still subordinates art to nature ; the manner to the matter ; and our admiration of the poet to our sympathy with the poetry . Doubtless , " as Sir John Davies observes of the soul ( and his words may with ...
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... nature . In this investigation , I could not , I thought , do better , than keep before me the earliest work of the greatest genius , that perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . I mean the " Venus and ...
... nature . In this investigation , I could not , I thought , do better , than keep before me the earliest work of the greatest genius , that perhaps human nature has yet produced , our myriad - minded * Shakspear . I mean the " Venus and ...
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... nature , much more when transplanted from books , as travels , voyages , and works of natural history ) affect- ing incidents ; just thoughts ; interesting per- sonal or domestic feelings ; and with these the art of their combination or ...
... nature , much more when transplanted from books , as travels , voyages , and works of natural history ) affect- ing incidents ; just thoughts ; interesting per- sonal or domestic feelings ; and with these the art of their combination or ...
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... change , and the playful nature of the thoughts and images ; and above all from the alienation , and , if I may hazard such an expression , the utter aloofness of the poet's own feelings , from those of which he is at once 16.
... change , and the playful nature of the thoughts and images ; and above all from the alienation , and , if I may hazard such an expression , the utter aloofness of the poet's own feelings , from those of which he is at once 16.
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... nature . As little can a mind thus roused and awakened be brooded on by mean and in- distinct emotion , as the low , lazy mist can creep upon the surface of a lake , while a strong gale is driving it onward in waves and billows . 3. It ...
... nature . As little can a mind thus roused and awakened be brooded on by mean and in- distinct emotion , as the low , lazy mist can creep upon the surface of a lake , while a strong gale is driving it onward in waves and billows . 3. It ...
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