Notes and Lectures Upon Shakespeare and Some of the Old Poets and Dramatists and Other Literary Remains of S.T. Coleridge, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1849 - Literature |
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... a transcendental character , which , as a general rule , have been avoided : the truth is , that they were sometimes found so indissolubly intertwined with the more popular matter which preceded and fol- lowed , viii PREFACE .
... a transcendental character , which , as a general rule , have been avoided : the truth is , that they were sometimes found so indissolubly intertwined with the more popular matter which preceded and fol- lowed , viii PREFACE .
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... character by which poetry is not only divided from opposites , but likewise distinguished from disparate , though similar , modes of composi- tion . Now how is this to be effected ? In animated prose , the beauties of nature , and the ...
... character by which poetry is not only divided from opposites , but likewise distinguished from disparate , though similar , modes of composi- tion . Now how is this to be effected ? In animated prose , the beauties of nature , and the ...
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... characters , even single thoughts , conceits , and allusions , each turning on the pivot of its own free will . The tragic poet idealizes his characters by giving to the spiritual part of our nature a more decided preponderance over the ...
... characters , even single thoughts , conceits , and allusions , each turning on the pivot of its own free will . The tragic poet idealizes his characters by giving to the spiritual part of our nature a more decided preponderance over the ...
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... character , assuming the supposed impressions made by the drama , in order to direct and rule them . But when the chorus it- self formed part of the dialogue , then the leader of the band , the foreman or coryphæus , ascended , as some ...
... character , assuming the supposed impressions made by the drama , in order to direct and rule them . But when the chorus it- self formed part of the dialogue , then the leader of the band , the foreman or coryphæus , ascended , as some ...
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... characters introduced under their own names ; and no doubt , their ordinary dress , manner , person and voice were ... character of the people , their con- tinual engagements in wars of conquest , the nature of their government , and ...
... characters introduced under their own names ; and no doubt , their ordinary dress , manner , person and voice were ... character of the people , their con- tinual engagements in wars of conquest , the nature of their government , and ...
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Page 109 - Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.
Page 112 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it...
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Page 248 - It will have blood, they say ; blood will have blood : Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak ; Augurs, and understood relations, have By magot-pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth The secret'st man of blood.
Page 10 - ... reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities: of sameness, with difference; of the general, with the concrete; the idea, with the image; the individual, with the representative; the sense of novelty and freshness, with old and familiar objects; a more than usual state of emotion, with more than usual order...
Page 167 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.