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... the language of these lines does in no respect differ from that of prose . ” An idealist defending his system by the fact , that when asleep we often believe ourselves awake , was well answered by his plain neighbour , 64.
... the language of these lines does in no respect differ from that of prose . ” An idealist defending his system by the fact , that when asleep we often believe ourselves awake , was well answered by his plain neighbour , 64.
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awake , was well answered by his plain neighbour , “ Ah , but when awake do we ever believe ourselves asleep ? ” — Things identical must be convertible . The preceding passage seems to rest on a similar sophism .
awake , was well answered by his plain neighbour , “ Ah , but when awake do we ever believe ourselves asleep ? ” — Things identical must be convertible . The preceding passage seems to rest on a similar sophism .
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There is not , I firmly believe , a man now living , who has from his own inward experience a clearer intuition , than Mr. Wordsworth himself , that the last mentioned are the true sources of genial discrimination .
There is not , I firmly believe , a man now living , who has from his own inward experience a clearer intuition , than Mr. Wordsworth himself , that the last mentioned are the true sources of genial discrimination .
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ing in its consequences , that I cannot , and I do not , believe that the poet did ever himself adopt it in the unqualified sense , in which his expressions have been understood by others , and which indeed according to all the common ...
ing in its consequences , that I cannot , and I do not , believe that the poet did ever himself adopt it in the unqualified sense , in which his expressions have been understood by others , and which indeed according to all the common ...
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... taste seems capable of explaining such a contrast in judgement , That I had over - rated the merit of a passage or poem , that I had erred concerning the degree of its excellence , I might be easily induced to believe or apprehend .
... taste seems capable of explaining such a contrast in judgement , That I had over - rated the merit of a passage or poem , that I had erred concerning the degree of its excellence , I might be easily induced to believe or apprehend .
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| Title | Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 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 | 309 pages |
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