Biographia Literaria, Volume 2Clarendon Press, 1907 - Aesthetics |
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... English is far from being general ; and that the composition of our novels , magazines , public harangues , & c . , is commonly as trivial in thought , and 35 yet enigmatic in expression , as if ECHO and SPHINX had laid their heads ...
... English is far from being general ; and that the composition of our novels , magazines , public harangues , & c . , is commonly as trivial in thought , and 35 yet enigmatic in expression , as if ECHO and SPHINX had laid their heads ...
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... 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 from the manner of ...
... 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 from the manner of ...
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... English work , or have found them in any of the common collections of Italian poetry ; and as the little work is of rare occurrence ; I will transcribe a few specimens . I have seldom met with compositions that possessed , to my ...
... English work , or have found them in any of the common collections of Italian poetry ; and as the little work is of rare occurrence ; I will transcribe a few specimens . I have seldom met with compositions that possessed , to my ...
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... English ground , And in the broad highway , I met ; Along the broad highway he came , His cheeks with tears were wet : Sturdy he seem'd , though he was sad ; And in his arms a lamb he had . " 15 20 25 The words here are doubtless such ...
... English ground , And in the broad highway , I met ; Along the broad highway he came , His cheeks with tears were wet : Sturdy he seem'd , though he was sad ; And in his arms a lamb he had . " 15 20 25 The words here are doubtless such ...
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... English , 10 in any degree resembling the poetic dialect of the Greek and Italian , is a question of very subordinate importance . The number of such words would be small indeed , in our language ; and even in the Italian and Greek ...
... English , 10 in any degree resembling the poetic dialect of the Greek and Italian , is a question of very subordinate importance . The number of such words would be small indeed , in our language ; and even in the Italian and Greek ...
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Page 6 - Lyrical Ballads, in which it was agreed that my endeavours should be directed to persons and characters supernatural, or at least romantic — yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief, for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
Page 12 - The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each other, according to their relative worth and dignity. He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each, by that synthetic and magical power to which we have exclusively appropriated the name of imagination.
Page 43 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 74 - LORD, with what care hast thou begirt us round ! Parents first season us : then schoolmasters Deliver us to laws ; they send us bound To rules of reason, holy messengers, Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes. Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, millions of surprises, Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, The sound of glory ringing in our ears ; Without, our shame ; within, our consciences ; Angels and grace, eternal hopes and...
Page 35 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Page 51 - By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 6 - Wordsworth, on the other hand, was to propose to himself, as his object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom, and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us...
Page 31 - ... the passions of men are incorporated with the beautiful and permanent forms of nature.
Page 48 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet Morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear And weep the more because I weep in vain.
Page 10 - A poem is that species of composition, which is opposed to works of science, by proposing for its immediate object pleasure, not truth ; and from all other species (having this object in common with it) it is discriminated by proposing to itself such delight from the whole, as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part.