The Rise of Romanticism: Essential TextsCarcanet New Press, 1978 - 363 pages |
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Page 141
... less upon us , than representations of the postures or passions of living creatures . Again , those passions or postures strike us more or less in proportion to the ease or violence of their motions . An horse grazing moves us less than ...
... less upon us , than representations of the postures or passions of living creatures . Again , those passions or postures strike us more or less in proportion to the ease or violence of their motions . An horse grazing moves us less than ...
Page 237
... less and less pains , from pleasures , from mere sensations , and lastly from slight associated circumstances , in the manner already explained . About the same time that this process is thus far advanced , the muscles of speech act ...
... less and less pains , from pleasures , from mere sensations , and lastly from slight associated circumstances , in the manner already explained . About the same time that this process is thus far advanced , the muscles of speech act ...
Page 338
... less and less desirable , except as marks of sympathy ; nay that it is difficult and distressing to me , to think with any interest even about the sale and profit of my works , important as , in my present circumstances , such ...
... less and less desirable , except as marks of sympathy ; nay that it is difficult and distressing to me , to think with any interest even about the sale and profit of my works , important as , in my present circumstances , such ...
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abstract admiration Aeneid ancient appear association beauty Berkeley Biographia Literaria Blake Blake's body Book of Urizen cause character classical colour composition concept connexion consider distance distinct duration Earth effect eighteenth century epistemology Essay eternal example existence extension Ezekiel Faery Queen fancy feeling finite genius Gothic Hartley hath heaven Hebrew Homer human imitation impressions infinite Joseph Warton kind language Lowth manner Maurice Morgann medullary substance memory mind motion mountains nature never Night Thoughts o'er objects obscure observed oriental original Ossian particular passions perceived perception perhaps philosophers pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's principle prophet proposition reader reason relation Robert Lowth Romantic Romanticism sacred seems sensation sense sensible sentiments sight simple ideas Smart soul space spirit sublime suggests suppose Theocritus theory things Thomas Warton thought Tintern Abbey verse vibrations visible Warton words Wordsworth's writing Young