Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge. trate the former . In the present age the poet ( I would wish to be understood as speaking generally , and without allusion to individual names ) seems to propose to himself as his main object , and as that which ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. trate the former . In the present age the poet ( I would wish to be understood as speaking generally , and without allusion to individual names ) seems to propose to himself as his main object , and as that which ...
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... present age , and perhaps in as faulty an extreme , they placed the essence of poetry in the art . The excellence , at which they aimed , consisted in the exquisite polish of the diction , combined with perfect simplicity . This their ...
... present age , and perhaps in as faulty an extreme , they placed the essence of poetry in the art . The excellence , at which they aimed , consisted in the exquisite polish of the diction , combined with perfect simplicity . This their ...
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... present age , and that of the period between 1500 and 1650 , are the reverse of the opinion com- monly entertained . I was conversing on this subject with a friend , when the servant , a worthy and sensible woman , coming in , I placed ...
... present age , and that of the period between 1500 and 1650 , are the reverse of the opinion com- monly entertained . I was conversing on this subject with a friend , when the servant , a worthy and sensible woman , coming in , I placed ...
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... present to the general reader rather a laughable burlesque on the blindness of anile dotage , than an analytic display of maternal affection in its ordinary workings . In the " Thorn , " the poet himself acknow- ledges in a note the ...
... present to the general reader rather a laughable burlesque on the blindness of anile dotage , than an analytic display of maternal affection in its ordinary workings . In the " Thorn , " the poet himself acknow- ledges in a note the ...
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... presents as a fair specimen of common extemporary devotion , and such as we might expect to hear from every self - inspired minister ' of a conventicle ! And I reflect with delight , how little a mere theory , though of his own ...
... presents as a fair specimen of common extemporary devotion , and such as we might expect to hear from every self - inspired minister ' of a conventicle ! And I reflect with delight , how little a mere theory , though of his own ...
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