Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volumen2 |
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... or measure , or both , I must leave his opinion uncontroverted . The distinction is at least competent to characterize the writer's intention . If it were subjoined , ܪ that the whole is likewise entertaining or affecting , 8.
... or measure , or both , I must leave his opinion uncontroverted . The distinction is at least competent to characterize the writer's intention . If it were subjoined , ܪ that the whole is likewise entertaining or affecting , 8.
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A second promise of genius is the choice of subjects very remote from the private interests and circumstances of the writer himself . At least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal ...
A second promise of genius is the choice of subjects very remote from the private interests and circumstances of the writer himself . At least I have found , that where the subject is taken immediately from the author's personal ...
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Abstracted from the degrees and peculiarities of individual genius , the properties common to the good writers of each period seem to establish one striking point of difference between the poetry of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ...
Abstracted from the degrees and peculiarities of individual genius , the properties common to the good writers of each period seem to establish one striking point of difference between the poetry of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ...
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The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying principle but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some mechanical movement is adopted , of which one couplet or stanza is so far an adequate ...
The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying principle but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some mechanical movement is adopted , of which one couplet or stanza is so far an adequate ...
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It is true , that of late a great improvement in this respect is observable in our most popular writers . But it is equally true , that this recurrence to plain sense , and genuine mother English , is far from being general ; and that ...
It is true , that of late a great improvement in this respect is observable in our most popular writers . But it is equally true , that this recurrence to plain sense , and genuine mother English , is far from being general ; and that ...
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