Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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... thought having been started in con- versation , but far more ably , and developed more fully , by Mr. WORDSWORTH ; namely , that this style of poetry , which I have characterised above , as translations of prose thoughts into poetic ...
... thought having been started in con- versation , but far more ably , and developed more fully , by Mr. WORDSWORTH ; namely , that this style of poetry , which I have characterised above , as translations of prose thoughts into poetic ...
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... thought tricked up in the rag - fair finery of , Thy image on her wing Before my FANCY's eye shall MEMORY bring , I had continually to adduce the metre and In the Nutricia of Politian there occurs this line : " Pura coloratos ...
... thought tricked up in the rag - fair finery of , Thy image on her wing Before my FANCY's eye shall MEMORY bring , I had continually to adduce the metre and In the Nutricia of Politian there occurs this line : " Pura coloratos ...
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... thoughts , but in the most pure and genuine mother English ; in the latter , the most obvious thoughts , in language the most fantastic and arbitrary . Our faulty elder poets sacrificed the passion , and passionate flow of poetry , to ...
... thoughts , but in the most pure and genuine mother English ; in the latter , the most obvious thoughts , in language the most fantastic and arbitrary . Our faulty elder poets sacrificed the passion , and passionate flow of poetry , to ...
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... thoughts with natural diction ; the first who reconciled the heart with the head . It is true , as I have before mentioned , that from diffidence in my own powers , I for a short time adopted a laborious and florid diction , which I ...
... thoughts with natural diction ; the first who reconciled the heart with the head . It is true , as I have before mentioned , that from diffidence in my own powers , I for a short time adopted a laborious and florid diction , which I ...
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... thoughts , under the pretence of simplicity . And the third , the phrases of which were bor- rowed entirely from my own poems , on the indiscriminate use of elaborate and swelling language and imagery . The reader will find them in 26.
... thoughts , under the pretence of simplicity . And the third , the phrases of which were bor- rowed entirely from my own poems , on the indiscriminate use of elaborate and swelling language and imagery . The reader will find them in 26.
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