Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... tion of the other . At length , in the DRAMA they were reconciled , and fought each with its shield before the breast of the other . Or like two rapid streams , that at their first meeting within narrow and rocky banks mutually strive ...
... tion of the other . At length , in the DRAMA they were reconciled , and fought each with its shield before the breast of the other . Or like two rapid streams , that at their first meeting within narrow and rocky banks mutually strive ...
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... tion in favor of some English poets , the thoughts too are as little novel as the images ; and the fable of their narrative poems , for the most part drawn from mythology , or sources of equal notoriety , derive their chief attractions ...
... tion in favor of some English poets , the thoughts too are as little novel as the images ; and the fable of their narrative poems , for the most part drawn from mythology , or sources of equal notoriety , derive their chief attractions ...
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... tion awaits that man of genius , who should at- tempt and realize a union . Who should recall the high finish ; the appropriateness ; the faci- lity ; the delicate proportion ; and above all , the perfusive and omnipresent grace ; which ...
... tion awaits that man of genius , who should at- tempt and realize a union . Who should recall the high finish ; the appropriateness ; the faci- lity ; the delicate proportion ; and above all , the perfusive and omnipresent grace ; which ...
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... tion of their basis . But it is more than pos- sible , that these errors of defect or exaggera- tion , by kindling and feeding the controversy , may have conduced not only to the wider pro- pagation of the accompanying truths , but that ...
... tion of their basis . But it is more than pos- sible , that these errors of defect or exaggera- tion , by kindling and feeding the controversy , may have conduced not only to the wider pro- pagation of the accompanying truths , but that ...
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... tion of those words ; and it is not less clear , that the sentiments and language , as far as they can be conceived to have been really transferred from the minds and conversation of such per- sons , are attributable to causes and ...
... tion of those words ; and it is not less clear , that the sentiments and language , as far as they can be conceived to have been really transferred from the minds and conversation of such per- sons , are attributable to causes and ...
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