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... as because they were considered buds of hope , and promises of better works to come . The critics of that day , the most flattering , equally with the severest , con1 curred in objecting to them , obscurity , a general 4.
... as because they were considered buds of hope , and promises of better works to come . The critics of that day , the most flattering , equally with the severest , con1 curred in objecting to them , obscurity , a general 4.
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I had long before detected the defects in " the Bard ; ” but " the Elegy " I had considered as proof against all fair attacks ; and to this day I cannot read either , without delight , and a portion of enthusiasm .
I had long before detected the defects in " the Bard ; ” but " the Elegy " I had considered as proof against all fair attacks ; and to this day I cannot read either , without delight , and a portion of enthusiasm .
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... were alone considered , single and unbalanced , it might be fairly described as exposing the individual to a greater chance of mental derangement ; but then a more than usual rapidity of association , a more than usual power of ...
... were alone considered , single and unbalanced , it might be fairly described as exposing the individual to a greater chance of mental derangement ; but then a more than usual rapidity of association , a more than usual power of ...
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... Mr. Southey , and I had become neighbours ; and how utterly unfounded was the supposition , that we considered ourselves , as belonging to any common school , but that of good sense confirmed by the long - established models of the ...
... Mr. Southey , and I had become neighbours ; and how utterly unfounded was the supposition , that we considered ourselves , as belonging to any common school , but that of good sense confirmed by the long - established models of the ...
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The irregularities only not universal among the young men of my standing , which I always knew to be wrong , I then learnt to feel as degrading ; learnt to know that an opposite conduct , which was at that time considered by us as the ...
The irregularities only not universal among the young men of my standing , which I always knew to be wrong , I then learnt to feel as degrading ; learnt to know that an opposite conduct , which was at that time considered by us as the ...
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| Title | Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Volume 1 of Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Publisher | Fenner, 1817 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 296 pages |
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