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I have taken the first that occurred ; but Shakspeare's readiness to praise his rivals , ore pleno , and the confidence of his own equality with * Mr. Pope was under the common error of his age , an error , far from being sufficiently ...
I have taken the first that occurred ; but Shakspeare's readiness to praise his rivals , ore pleno , and the confidence of his own equality with * Mr. Pope was under the common error of his age , an error , far from being sufficiently ...
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... and sunk out of sight ; thus too St. Cecilia is said to have been first propitiated by musicians , because having failed in her own attempts , she had taken a dislike to the art , and all its successful professors .
... and sunk out of sight ; thus too St. Cecilia is said to have been first propitiated by musicians , because having failed in her own attempts , she had taken a dislike to the art , and all its successful professors .
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work , tells me nothing which I should not have taken for granted without his information . But he , who points out and elucidates the beauties of an original work , does indeed give me interesting information , such as experience would ...
work , tells me nothing which I should not have taken for granted without his information . But he , who points out and elucidates the beauties of an original work , does indeed give me interesting information , such as experience would ...
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But I cannot think so ill of human nature as not to believe , that these critics have already taken shame to themselves , whether they consider the object of their abuse in his moral or bis literary character .
But I cannot think so ill of human nature as not to believe , that these critics have already taken shame to themselves , whether they consider the object of their abuse in his moral or bis literary character .
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I hazard this declaration , however , on the supposition , that the reader had taken it up , as he would have done any other collection of poems purporting to derive their subjects or interests from the incidents of domestic or ordinary ...
I hazard this declaration , however , on the supposition , that the reader had taken it up , as he would have done any other collection of poems purporting to derive their subjects or interests from the incidents of domestic or ordinary ...
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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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