Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 83
... observed , that the metre it- self , the sole acknowledged difference , will oc- casionally become metre to the eye only . The existence of prosaisms , and that they detract from the merit of a poem , must at length be conceded , when a ...
... observed , that the metre it- self , the sole acknowledged difference , will oc- casionally become metre to the eye only . The existence of prosaisms , and that they detract from the merit of a poem , must at length be conceded , when a ...
Page 86
... observation ? And by the latter in conse- quence only of the former ? As eyes , for which .the former has pre - determined their field of vi- sion , and to which , as to its organ , it commu- nicates a microscopic power ? There is not ...
... observation ? And by the latter in conse- quence only of the former ? As eyes , for which .the former has pre - determined their field of vi- sion , and to which , as to its organ , it commu- nicates a microscopic power ? There is not ...
Page 128
... observed to me , 66 a Frenchman , Sir ! is the only animal in the human shape , that by no possibility can lift itself up to religion or poetry : " When , lo ! two French officers of distinction and rank entered the church ! Mark you ...
... observed to me , 66 a Frenchman , Sir ! is the only animal in the human shape , that by no possibility can lift itself up to religion or poetry : " When , lo ! two French officers of distinction and rank entered the church ! Mark you ...
Page 133
... observed , that I am here supposing the imagined judge , to whom I appeal , to have already decided against the poet's theory , as far as it is different from the principles of the art , generally acknowledged . I cannot here enter into ...
... observed , that I am here supposing the imagined judge , to whom I appeal , to have already decided against the poet's theory , as far as it is different from the principles of the art , generally acknowledged . I cannot here enter into ...
Page 146
... observation . On the contrary I believe the instances to be exceedingly rare ; and should feel almost as strong an objection to introduce such a character in a poetic fiction , as a pair of black swans on a lake , in a fancy - land ...
... observation . On the contrary I believe the instances to be exceedingly rare ; and should feel almost as strong an objection to introduce such a character in a poetic fiction , as a pair of black swans on a lake , in a fancy - land ...
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