Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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... possible , a settlement of the long continued controversy concerning the true nature of poetic diction : and at the same time to define with the utmost impartiality the real poetic character of the poet , by whose writings this ...
... possible , a settlement of the long continued controversy concerning the true nature of poetic diction : and at the same time to define with the utmost impartiality the real poetic character of the poet , by whose writings this ...
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... possible , the excitement of envy on their account ; and the man who should envy me on any other , verily he must be envy - mad ! Lastly , with as little semblance of reason , could I suspect any animosity towards me from vindictive ...
... possible , the excitement of envy on their account ; and the man who should envy me on any other , verily he must be envy - mad ! Lastly , with as little semblance of reason , could I suspect any animosity towards me from vindictive ...
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... possible pretext for the unthinking to miscon- strue , or the malignant to misapply my words , and having stampt their own meaning on them , to pass them as current coin in the marts of garrulity or detraction . Praises of the unworthy ...
... possible pretext for the unthinking to miscon- strue , or the malignant to misapply my words , and having stampt their own meaning on them , to pass them as current coin in the marts of garrulity or detraction . Praises of the unworthy ...
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... possible by the whole attention being suc- cessively absorbed in each singly , so as not to notice the in- terjacent notion , " changed " which by its incongruity with the first thought , " I , " constitutes the bull . Add only , that ...
... possible by the whole attention being suc- cessively absorbed in each singly , so as not to notice the in- terjacent notion , " changed " which by its incongruity with the first thought , " I , " constitutes the bull . Add only , that ...
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... possible for him so to do , compatibly with his system , which was exclusively material and mechanical . Far otherwise is it with Des Cartes ; greatly as he too in his after writings ( and still more egregiously his followers De la ...
... possible for him so to do , compatibly with his system , which was exclusively material and mechanical . Far otherwise is it with Des Cartes ; greatly as he too in his after writings ( and still more egregiously his followers De la ...
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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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absolute absurdity Aristotle attribute become BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA cause censure CHAPTER commencement common concerning consciousness criticism deduced deemed diction distinct EDMUND BURKE effect equally essays existence faculty fancy feelings former genius Greek ground Hartley heart honor human idea imagination imitation impression instance intel intellect intelligence intuition intuitive knowledge jacobinism Jeremy Taylor judgement knowledge language latter learned least less lines literary logical Lyrical Ballads meaning mechanical philosophy merit metaphysical Milton mind mode moral motives natural philosophy nature never nihil notions object once original Parva Naturalia passages perusal phænomena philoso philosopher Plato Plotinus poems poet poetic poetry possible present principles racter reader reason scarcely SCHOLIUM self-consciousness sensation sense sonnets sophism soul Southey Spinoza spirit style supposed Synesius talent taste thing thought tion tive true truth understanding volume whole words Wordsworth writer καὶ τὸ