Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 29
Page 19
... passion , or character , present and foremost in the mind . For unrivalled in- stances of this excellence , the reader's own me- mory will refer him to the LEAR , OTHELLO , in short to which not of the " great , ever living , dead man's ...
... passion , or character , present and foremost in the mind . For unrivalled in- stances of this excellence , the reader's own me- mory will refer him to the LEAR , OTHELLO , in short to which not of the " great , ever living , dead man's ...
Page 21
... passions , emotions , language . In Shakspeare's poems , the creative power , and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace . Each in its ex- cess of strength seems to threaten the extinc- tion of the other . At length , in ...
... passions , emotions , language . In Shakspeare's poems , the creative power , and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace . Each in its ex- cess of strength seems to threaten the extinc- tion of the other . At length , in ...
Page 22
... passion , the one Proteus of the fire and the flood ; the other attracts all forms and things to himself , into the unity of his own IDEAL , All things and modes of action shape themselves anew in the being of MILTON ; while SHAKSPEARE ...
... passion , the one Proteus of the fire and the flood ; the other attracts all forms and things to himself , into the unity of his own IDEAL , All things and modes of action shape themselves anew in the being of MILTON ; while SHAKSPEARE ...
Page 34
... passion , and the dramatic propriety of those figures and meta- phors in the original poets , which stript of their justifying reasons , and converted into mere ar- tifices of connection or ornament , constitute the characteristic ...
... passion , and the dramatic propriety of those figures and meta- phors in the original poets , which stript of their justifying reasons , and converted into mere ar- tifices of connection or ornament , constitute the characteristic ...
Page 37
... passions of the heart find a better soil , in which they can attain their maturity , are less under restraint , and speak a plainer and more emphatic language ; because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co- exist in a Cc ...
... passions of the heart find a better soil , in which they can attain their maturity , are less under restraint , and speak a plainer and more emphatic language ; because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co- exist in a Cc ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration Aldobrand ANSW appear beautiful Bertram character child common composition conversation critic Cuxhaven DANE dear friend defect delight diction Drama Edinburgh Review effect Elbe English equally excellence excitement expression feelings former French genius German German language greater Greek ground guage Hamburg heart human imagery images imagination imitation incidents instance judgement Klopstock lady language least less lines low and rustic Lubec Lyrical Ballads MADRIGALE Martha Ray means metre metrical Milton mind moral nature object odes passage passion perhaps person philosophical Pindar pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poetry present prose racter Ratzeburg reader reason rhyme S. T. COLERIDGE Samuel Daniel scene seems sense sentences Shakespeare Sonnet soul specimens spirit stanzas style surprize sympathy taste thing thou thought tion tragedy truth Venus and Adonis verse whole wish words Wordsworth writers