Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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... poets . I saw , that the excellence of this kind consisted in just and acute observations on men and man- ners in an ... poetic thoughts , as by thoughts translated into the language of poetry . On this last point , I had occasion to ...
... poets . I saw , that the excellence of this kind consisted in just and acute observations on men and man- ners in an ... poetic thoughts , as by thoughts translated into the language of poetry . On this last point , I had occasion to ...
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... poets with the original Greek , from which they were borrowed , for the preference of Collins's odes to those of Gray ; and of the simile in Shakspeare " How like a younker or a prodigal , The skarfed bark puts from her native bay Hugg ...
... poets with the original Greek , from which they were borrowed , for the preference of Collins's odes to those of Gray ; and of the simile in Shakspeare " How like a younker or a prodigal , The skarfed bark puts from her native bay Hugg ...
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... poet , whether the words should be person- ifications , or mere abstracts . I mention this , because in referring ... poetic language , had been kept up by , if it did not wholly arise from , the custom of writing Latin verses , and the ...
... poet , whether the words should be person- ifications , or mere abstracts . I mention this , because in referring ... poetic language , had been kept up by , if it did not wholly arise from , the custom of writing Latin verses , and the ...
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... nonime is purpureus . I mention this by way of elucidating one of the most ordinary processes in the ferrumination of these centos . 4 diction of the Greek Poets from Homer to Theocritus € 3 21 and then pick out, from Virgil, Horace, ...
... nonime is purpureus . I mention this by way of elucidating one of the most ordinary processes in the ferrumination of these centos . 4 diction of the Greek Poets from Homer to Theocritus € 3 21 and then pick out, from Virgil, Horace, ...
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... poets of great name , that no authority could avail in opposition to Truth , Nature , LOGIC , and the LAWS of ... poetic style ; first , that not the poem which we have read , but that to which we return , with the greatest pleasure ...
... poets of great name , that no authority could avail in opposition to Truth , Nature , LOGIC , and the LAWS of ... poetic style ; first , that not the poem which we have read , but that to which we return , with the greatest pleasure ...
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Biographia Literaria Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Samuel Taylor Coleridge No preview available - 2019 |
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