Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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... objects of poetry . This re- mark however applies chiefly , though not ex- clusively to the Religious Musings . The re- mainder of the charge I admitted to its full extent , and not without sincere acknowledg- ments to both my private ...
... objects of poetry . This re- mark however applies chiefly , though not ex- clusively to the Religious Musings . The re- mainder of the charge I admitted to its full extent , and not without sincere acknowledg- ments to both my private ...
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... object to a certain degree of disputa- tiousness in a young man from the age of seven- teen to that of four or five and twenty , provided I find him always arguing on one side of the question . The controversies , occasioned by my ...
... object to a certain degree of disputa- tiousness in a young man from the age of seven- teen to that of four or five and twenty , provided I find him always arguing on one side of the question . The controversies , occasioned by my ...
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... object to excite a good - natur- ed laugh at the spirit of doleful egotism , and at the recurrence of favorite phrases , with the double defect of being at once trite , and licen- tious . The second , on low , creeping language and ...
... object to excite a good - natur- ed laugh at the spirit of doleful egotism , and at the recurrence of favorite phrases , with the double defect of being at once trite , and licen- tious . The second , on low , creeping language and ...
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... objects of the senses ; the mind is affected by thoughts , rather than by things ; and only then feels the requisite interest even for the most important events , and accidents , when by means of meditation they have passed into ...
... objects of the senses ; the mind is affected by thoughts , rather than by things ; and only then feels the requisite interest even for the most important events , and accidents , when by means of meditation they have passed into ...
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... objects wholly out of their own power , become in all cases more or less impa- tient and prone to anger . Besides , though it may be paradoxical to assert , that a man can know one thing , and believe the opposite , yet assuredly , a ...
... objects wholly out of their own power , become in all cases more or less impa- tient and prone to anger . Besides , though it may be paradoxical to assert , that a man can know one thing , and believe the opposite , yet assuredly , a ...
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Biographia Literaria Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Samuel Taylor Coleridge No preview available - 2019 |
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