Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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... supposed , that a youth can think in Latin , or that he can have any other reliance on the force or fitness of his phrases , but the authority of the author from whence he has adopted them . Consequently he must first prepare his ...
... supposed , that a youth can think in Latin , or that he can have any other reliance on the force or fitness of his phrases , but the authority of the author from whence he has adopted them . Consequently he must first prepare his ...
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... in the Morning Post . To the author of the Ancient Mariner . Your poem must eternal be , Dear sir ! it cannot fail , For ' tis incomprehensible And without head or tail . CHAPTER II . Supposed irritability of men of Genius - 28.
... in the Morning Post . To the author of the Ancient Mariner . Your poem must eternal be , Dear sir ! it cannot fail , For ' tis incomprehensible And without head or tail . CHAPTER II . Supposed irritability of men of Genius - 28.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge. CHAPTER II . Supposed irritability of men of Genius - Brought to the test of Facts - Causes and Occasions of the charge - Its Injustice . I have often thought , that it would be neither uninstructive nor ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. CHAPTER II . Supposed irritability of men of Genius - Brought to the test of Facts - Causes and Occasions of the charge - Its Injustice . I have often thought , that it would be neither uninstructive nor ...
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... supposed department ; contenting him . self with praising in his turn those whom he deems excellent . If I should ever deem it my duty at all to oppose the pretensions of indivi- duals , I would oppose them in books which could be ...
... supposed department ; contenting him . self with praising in his turn those whom he deems excellent . If I should ever deem it my duty at all to oppose the pretensions of indivi- duals , I would oppose them in books which could be ...
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... supposed able to read , and all readers able to judge , the mul- titudinous PUBLIC , shaped . into personal unity by the magic of abstraction , sits nominal des- pot on the throne of criticism . But , alas ! as in other despotisms , it ...
... supposed able to read , and all readers able to judge , the mul- titudinous PUBLIC , shaped . into personal unity by the magic of abstraction , sits nominal des- pot on the throne of criticism . But , alas ! as in other despotisms , it ...
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