Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... thing ; That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him . Yet nor the lays of birds , nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue , Could make me any summer's story tell , Or from their proud lap pluck them , where they ...
... thing ; That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him . Yet nor the lays of birds , nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue , Could make me any summer's story tell , Or from their proud lap pluck them , where they ...
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... things to himself , into the unity of his own Ideal . All things and modes of action shape themselves anew in the being ... thing we are sprung Of earth's first blood , have titles manifold ! WORDSWORth . CHAPTER XVI . Striking points of ...
... things to himself , into the unity of his own Ideal . All things and modes of action shape themselves anew in the being ... thing we are sprung Of earth's first blood , have titles manifold ! WORDSWORth . CHAPTER XVI . Striking points of ...
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... thing . " An artist , whose writings are scarcely less valuable than his works , and to whose authority more ... things , is the result of thought , and the submissive study of the best models . If it be asked , " But what shall I deem ...
... thing . " An artist , whose writings are scarcely less valuable than his works , and to whose authority more ... things , is the result of thought , and the submissive study of the best models . If it be asked , " But what shall I deem ...
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... things represented . The second is the apparent naturalness of the representation , as raised and qualified by an imperceptible in- fusion of the author's own knowledge and ta- lent , which infusion does , indeed , constitute it an ...
... things represented . The second is the apparent naturalness of the representation , as raised and qualified by an imperceptible in- fusion of the author's own knowledge and ta- lent , which infusion does , indeed , constitute it an ...
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... thing we are , " and of the peculiar state in which each man happens to be , suspending our in- dividual recollections and lulling them to sleep amid the music of nobler thoughts . FRIEND , Pages 251 , 252 . and sentiments the natural ...
... thing we are , " and of the peculiar state in which each man happens to be , suspending our in- dividual recollections and lulling them to sleep amid the music of nobler thoughts . FRIEND , Pages 251 , 252 . and sentiments the natural ...
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