Biographia Literaria, 1817, Volume 2 |
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... images , and now beautiful , now fanciful circum- stances , which form its dresses and its scenery ; or by diverting our attention from the main sub . ject by those frequent witty or profound reflec- tions , which the poet's ever active ...
... images , and now beautiful , now fanciful circum- stances , which form its dresses and its scenery ; or by diverting our attention from the main sub . ject by those frequent witty or profound reflec- tions , which the poet's ever active ...
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... images , without the necessity of ascribing a sentimental perception of their beauty to the persons of his drama . In the Idiot Boy , " indeed , the mother's character is not so much a real and native product of a " situation where the ...
... images , without the necessity of ascribing a sentimental perception of their beauty to the persons of his drama . In the Idiot Boy , " indeed , the mother's character is not so much a real and native product of a " situation where the ...
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... images , and of the words express- ing them , with which his mind had been pre- viously stored . For the property of passion is not to create ; but to set in increased activity . At least , whatever new connections of thoughts or images ...
... images , and of the words express- ing them , with which his mind had been pre- viously stored . For the property of passion is not to create ; but to set in increased activity . At least , whatever new connections of thoughts or images ...
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admiration Aldobrand ANSW appear beauty Bertram blank verse character child common composition critic Cuxhaven DANE dear friend defect delight diction drama Edinburgh Review effect Elbe English equally excellence excitement expression feelings former French genius German German language greater Greek ground guage Hamburg heart human imagery images imagination imitation instance interest judgement Klopstock lady language least less lines low and rustic Lubec Lyrical Ballads MADRIGALE Martha Ray means ment metre metrical Milton mind moral nature object odes passage passion perhaps person philosophical Pindar pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poetry present prose racter Ratzeburg reader reason rhyme S. T. COLERIDGE scene seemed sense sentences Shakespeare Sonnet soul specimens spirit stanzas style surprize sweet taste thing thou thought tion tragedy truth Venus and Adonis verse whole words Wordsworth writers