Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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... occasion to render my own thoughts gradually more and more plain to myself , by frequent amicable disputés concerning Darwin's BOTANIC GARDEN , which , for some years , was greatly extolled , not only by the reading public in general ...
... occasion to render my own thoughts gradually more and more plain to myself , by frequent amicable disputés concerning Darwin's BOTANIC GARDEN , which , for some years , was greatly extolled , not only by the reading public in general ...
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... Occasions of the charge - Its Injustice . I have often thought , that it would be neither uninstructive nor unamusing to analyze , and bring forward into distinct consciousness , that complex feeling , with which readers in general take ...
... Occasions of the charge - Its Injustice . I have often thought , that it would be neither uninstructive nor unamusing to analyze , and bring forward into distinct consciousness , that complex feeling , with which readers in general take ...
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... occasion to point out the almost faultless position and choice of words , in Mr. Pope's original compositions , particularly in his satires and moral essays , for the purpose of comparing them with his translation of Homer , which , I ...
... occasion to point out the almost faultless position and choice of words , in Mr. Pope's original compositions , particularly in his satires and moral essays , for the purpose of comparing them with his translation of Homer , which , I ...
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... occasion to repel some false charge , or to rectify some erroneous censure , nothing is more common , than for the many to mistake the general liveliness of his manner and language whatever is the subject , for the effects of pecu- liar ...
... occasion to repel some false charge , or to rectify some erroneous censure , nothing is more common , than for the many to mistake the general liveliness of his manner and language whatever is the subject , for the effects of pecu- liar ...
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... occasion to introduce Homer's simile of the sight of Achilles ' shield to Priam compared with the Dog Star , literally thus- " For this indeed is most splendid , but it was made an evil sign , and brings many a consuming disease to ...
... occasion to introduce Homer's simile of the sight of Achilles ' shield to Priam compared with the Dog Star , literally thus- " For this indeed is most splendid , but it was made an evil sign , and brings many a consuming disease to ...
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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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