Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and OpinionsLeavitt, Lord and Company, 1834 - 351 páginas |
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... speak more generally , in that school of French poetry , condensed and invigorated by English understanding , which had predominated from the last century . I was not blind to the merits of this school , yet , as from inexperience of ...
... speak more generally , in that school of French poetry , condensed and invigorated by English understanding , which had predominated from the last century . I was not blind to the merits of this school , yet , as from inexperience of ...
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... speaking of me , in other respects , with his usual kindness , to a gentleman who was about to meet me at a dinner party , could not , however , resist giving him a hint not to mention the " House that Jack built " in my presence , for ...
... speaking of me , in other respects , with his usual kindness , to a gentleman who was about to meet me at a dinner party , could not , however , resist giving him a hint not to mention the " House that Jack built " in my presence , for ...
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... Speaking of one whom he had celebrated , and contrasting the du- ration of his works with that of his personal existence , Shakspeare adds : " I too will have my kings , that take From me the sign of life and death ; Kingdoms shall ...
... Speaking of one whom he had celebrated , and contrasting the du- ration of his works with that of his personal existence , Shakspeare adds : " I too will have my kings , that take From me the sign of life and death ; Kingdoms shall ...
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... speak of themselves plurali majestati- co ! As if literature formed a cast , like that of the PARAS in Hin- dostan , who , however maltreated , must not dare to deem them- selves wronged ! As if that , which in all other cases adds a ...
... speak of themselves plurali majestati- co ! As if literature formed a cast , like that of the PARAS in Hin- dostan , who , however maltreated , must not dare to deem them- selves wronged ! As if that , which in all other cases adds a ...
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... speak more generally , compositions which would be enjoyed or passed over , according as the taste and humour of the reader might chance to be ; provided they contain- ed nothing immoral . In the present age , " perituræ parcere char ...
... speak more generally , compositions which would be enjoyed or passed over , according as the taste and humour of the reader might chance to be ; provided they contain- ed nothing immoral . In the present age , " perituræ parcere char ...
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Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Samuel Taylor Coleridge Vista previa limitada - 1834 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 172 - The primary IMAGINATION I hold to be the living Power and prime Agent of all human Perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I AM.
Página 179 - The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings th^. 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.
Página 27 - Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the prize of all too precious you, That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearse, Making their tomb the womb wherein they grew? Was it his spirit, by spirits taught to write Above a mortal pitch, that struck me dead?
Página 173 - Fancy, on the contrary, has no other counters to play with but fixities and definites. The fancy is indeed no other than a mode of memory emancipated from the order of time and space, while it is blended with, and modified by, that empirical phenomenon of the will which we express by the word choice. But equally with the ordinary memory the fancy must receive all its materials ready made from the law of association.
Página 276 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal silence: truths that wake, To perish never...
Página 184 - Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace...
Página 12 - ... bring up, so as to escape his censure. I learned from him that poetry, even that of the loftiest and, seemingly, that of the wildest odes, had a logic of its own, as severe as that of science ; and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more, and more fugitive, causes. In the truly great poets, he would say, there is a reason assignable, not only for every word, but for the position of every word...
Página 275 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy ! Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows ; He sees it in his joy ! The youth who daily further from the east Must travel, still is nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.
Página 269 - The blackbird amid leafy trees, The lark above the hill, Let loose their carols when they please, Are quiet when they will. With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife ; they see A happy youth, and their old age Is beautiful and free : But we are pressed by heavy laws ; And often, glad no more, We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore.
Página 246 - He looked — Ocean and earth, the solid frame of earth And ocean's liquid mass, beneath him lay In gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touched, And in their silent faces did he read Unutterable love.