Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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... continued controversy . For from the conjunction of perceived power with supposed heresy I explain the inveteracy and in some instances , I grieve to say , the acrimonious passions , with which the contro- versy has been conducted by ...
... continued controversy . For from the conjunction of perceived power with supposed heresy I explain the inveteracy and in some instances , I grieve to say , the acrimonious passions , with which the contro- versy has been conducted by ...
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... continued resistance , he will gradually adopt those opinions , which were the least remote from his own convictions , as not less congruous with his own theory , than with that which he repro- bates . In like manner with a kind of ...
... continued resistance , he will gradually adopt those opinions , which were the least remote from his own convictions , as not less congruous with his own theory , than with that which he repro- bates . In like manner with a kind of ...
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... continued excitement of surprize , and by the quick reciprocations of curiosity still gratified and still re - excited , which are too slight indeed to be at any one moment objects of distinct consciousness , yet become considerable in ...
... continued excitement of surprize , and by the quick reciprocations of curiosity still gratified and still re - excited , which are too slight indeed to be at any one moment objects of distinct consciousness , yet become considerable in ...
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... continued in prose , cannot be fairly explained by the assumption , that the comparative meanness of their thoughts and images precluded even the humblest forms of metre . The scene of GoODY TWO - SHOES in the church is perfectly ...
... continued in prose , cannot be fairly explained by the assumption , that the comparative meanness of their thoughts and images precluded even the humblest forms of metre . The scene of GoODY TWO - SHOES in the church is perfectly ...
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... out ( in thought I mean ) every instance of this kind . If the num- ber of these fancied erasures did not startle him ; or if he continued to deem the work improved by their total omission ; he must advance reasons 77.
... out ( in thought I mean ) every instance of this kind . If the num- ber of these fancied erasures did not startle him ; or if he continued to deem the work improved by their total omission ; he must advance reasons 77.
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