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... deemed poetry , in order to under- stand and account for the effect produced on me by the SONNETS , the MONODY at MATLOCK , and the HOPE , of Mr. Bowles ; for it is pecu- liar to original genius to become less and less striking , in ...
... deemed poetry , in order to under- stand and account for the effect produced on me by the SONNETS , the MONODY at MATLOCK , and the HOPE , of Mr. Bowles ; for it is pecu- liar to original genius to become less and less striking , in ...
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... deemed , if not absolutely vici- ous , yet of very inferior worth . Gradually , however , my practice conformed to my better judgement ; and the compositions of my twenty- fourth and twenty - fifth year ( ex . gr . the shorter blank ...
... deemed , if not absolutely vici- ous , yet of very inferior worth . Gradually , however , my practice conformed to my better judgement ; and the compositions of my twenty- fourth and twenty - fifth year ( ex . gr . the shorter blank ...
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... opinion , allowed a far wider sphere , and a deeper and more . human interest . Critics are too apt to forget , that rules are but means to an end ; consequently where the ends are dif- D those whom he deem'd most worthy of his praise , 33.
... opinion , allowed a far wider sphere , and a deeper and more . human interest . Critics are too apt to forget , that rules are but means to an end ; consequently where the ends are dif- D those whom he deem'd most worthy of his praise , 33.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge. those whom he deem'd most worthy of his praise , are alike manifested in the 86th sonnet . " Was it the proud full sail of his great verse Bound for the praise of all - too - precious you , That did my ripe ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. those whom he deem'd most worthy of his praise , are alike manifested in the 86th sonnet . " Was it the proud full sail of his great verse Bound for the praise of all - too - precious you , That did my ripe ...
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... deem themselves wronged ! As if that , which in all other cases adds a deeper die to slander , the circumstance of its being anonymous , here acted only to make the slanderer inviolable ! Thus , in part , from the accidental tempers of ...
... deem themselves wronged ! As if that , which in all other cases adds a deeper die to slander , the circumstance of its being anonymous , here acted only to make the slanderer inviolable ! Thus , in part , from the accidental tempers of ...
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