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If a writer , every time a compounded word suggests itself to him , would seek for some other mode of expressing the same sense , the chances are always greatly in favor of his finding a better word . “ Tanquam scopulum sic vites ...
If a writer , every time a compounded word suggests itself to him , would seek for some other mode of expressing the same sense , the chances are always greatly in favor of his finding a better word . “ Tanquam scopulum sic vites ...
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... but with even those of the Augustan era : and on grounds of plain sense and universal logic to see and assert the superiority of the former , in the truth and nativeness , both of their thoughts and diction .
... but with even those of the Augustan era : and on grounds of plain sense and universal logic to see and assert the superiority of the former , in the truth and nativeness , both of their thoughts and diction .
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to a man , whose severities , even now , not seldom furnish the dreams , by which the blind fancy would fain interpret to the mind the painful sensations of distempered sleep ; but neither lessen nor dim the deep sense of my moral and ...
to a man , whose severities , even now , not seldom furnish the dreams , by which the blind fancy would fain interpret to the mind the painful sensations of distempered sleep ; but neither lessen nor dim the deep sense of my moral and ...
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mediocrity , and which had gained me more credit , than the sound , good sense of my old master was at all pleased with ) poetry itself , yea novels and romances , became insipid to me . In my friendless wanderings on our leave- * days ...
mediocrity , and which had gained me more credit , than the sound , good sense of my old master was at all pleased with ) poetry itself , yea novels and romances , became insipid to me . In my friendless wanderings on our leave- * days ...
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... there was a long and blessed interval , during which my natural faculties were allowed to expand , and my original tendencies to develope themselves : my fancy , and the love of nature , and the sense of beauty in forms and sounds .
... there was a long and blessed interval , during which my natural faculties were allowed to expand , and my original tendencies to develope themselves : my fancy , and the love of nature , and the sense of beauty in forms and sounds .
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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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