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" Never in one word was so profound a truth conveyed. Mr. Wordsworth was thinking, doubtless, of poetry like his own : viz. that which is eminently meditative. And the truth is apparent on consideration : for, if language were merely a dress, then you could... "
Writings - Page 184
by Thomas De Quincey - 1864
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De Quincey's Writings, Volume 11

Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 382 pages
...case of such a hat-speech being suddenly blown away, precisely realizes the situation of a nisi prius orator when first getting on his legs in the House...what proportion the thoughts are subjective, in that some proportion does their very essence become identical with the expression, and the style become...
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Historical and Critical Essays, Volume 2

Thomas De Quincey - Essenes - 1853 - 372 pages
...remark was by far the weightiest thing we ever heard on the subject of style ; and it was this—That it is in the highest degree unphilosophic to call...what proportion the thoughts are subjective, in that some proportion does their very essence become identical with the expression, and the style become...
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Historical and Critical Essays, Volume 2

Thomas De Quincey - Essenes - 1853 - 370 pages
...generally speaking, you can no more deal thus with poetic thoughts, than you can with soul and hody. The union is too subtle; the intertexture too ineffable,...what proportion the thoughts are subjective, in that si$me proportion does their very essence become identical with the expression, and the style become...
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Historical and Critical Essays, Volume 2

Thomas De Quincey - Essenes - 1853 - 372 pages
...the intertexture too ineffable, each co-existing not merely with the other, but each in and throvgh the other. An image, for instance, a single word,...what proportion the thoughts are subjective, in that some proportion does their very essence become identical with the expression, and the style become...
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The Works of Thomas De Quincey: Style and rhetoric and other papers

Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 364 pages
...too ineffable, each co-existing ^ ^ ^ not merely with the other, but each in and through the 1 >' * other. An image, for instance, a single word, often...elements are not united as a body with a separable dress, i but as a mysterious incarnation. And thus, in what proportion the thoughts are subjective, in that...
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The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 10

Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1890 - 474 pages
...dress of thoughts." And what was it then that he would substitute ? Why this : he would call it athe incarnation of thoughts." Never in one word was so...thoughts are subjective, in that same proportion does the very essence become identical with the expression, and the style become confluent with the matter....
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The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 10

Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1890 - 476 pages
...you could lay the thoughts on the left hand, the language on the right. But, generally speak- . ing, you can no more deal thus with poetic thoughts than...thoughts are subjective, in that same proportion does the very essence become identical with the expression, and the style become confluent with the matter....
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The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 10

Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1890 - 472 pages
...deal thus with poetic thoughts than ia A jyou can with soul and body. The union is too subtle, the I intertexture too ineffable, — each co-existing not...thoughts are subjective, in that same proportion does the very essence become identical with the expression, and the style become confluent with the matter....
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Essays on Style, Rhetoric, and Language

Thomas De Quincey - English language - 1893 - 300 pages
...the embodying of the thoughts cease to be a mere sep1 Cf. ' Literary Reminiscences,' chap. 13. arable ornament, and in fact the more does the manner, as...thoughts are subjective, in that same proportion does the very essence become identical with the expression, and the style become confluent with the matter.1...
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Essays on Style, Rhetoric, and Language

Thomas De Quincey - English language - 1893 - 292 pages
...own : viz. that which is eminently meditative. And the truth is apparent on consideration : for, if i language were merely a dress, then you could separate...thoughts are subjective, in that same proportion does the very essence become identical with the expression, and the style become confluent with the matter.1...
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