Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 64
... respect differ from that of good prose ; but likewise that some of the most interesting parts of the best poems will be found to be strictly the language of prose , when prose is well written . The truth of this assertion might be ...
... respect differ from that of good prose ; but likewise that some of the most interesting parts of the best poems will be found to be strictly the language of prose , when prose is well written . The truth of this assertion might be ...
Page 84
... respecting what imagery or diction he may choose to connect he would wait for them there . They parted , and his com- rades passed that way some two hours after , but they did not find him at the appointed place , a circumstance of ...
... respecting what imagery or diction he may choose to connect he would wait for them there . They parted , and his com- rades passed that way some two hours after , but they did not find him at the appointed place , a circumstance of ...
Page 97
... respect to the final e and to the accentuation of the last syllable : I would then venture to ask , what even in the colloquial language of elegant and unaffected women ( who are the peculiar mis- tresses of " pure English and undefiled ...
... respect to the final e and to the accentuation of the last syllable : I would then venture to ask , what even in the colloquial language of elegant and unaffected women ( who are the peculiar mis- tresses of " pure English and undefiled ...
Page 110
... respects the propriety of the word , " scene , " even in the sentence in which it is retained . DRYDEN , and he only in his more careless verses , was the first as far as my researches have discovered , who for the convenience of rhyme ...
... respects the propriety of the word , " scene , " even in the sentence in which it is retained . DRYDEN , and he only in his more careless verses , was the first as far as my researches have discovered , who for the convenience of rhyme ...
Page 118
... respecting a publication which the critic , with the criticised work before him , can make good , is the critic's right . The writer is authorised to reply , but not to complain . Neither can any one prescribe to the critic , how soft ...
... respecting a publication which the critic , with the criticised work before him , can make good , is the critic's right . The writer is authorised to reply , but not to complain . Neither can any one prescribe to the critic , how soft ...
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