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“ Not mine own fears , nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come* The mortal moon hath her eclipse endur'd , And the sad augurs mock their own presage ; Incertainties now crown themselves assur'd , And Peace ...
“ Not mine own fears , nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come* The mortal moon hath her eclipse endur'd , And the sad augurs mock their own presage ; Incertainties now crown themselves assur'd , And Peace ...
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Fields , where with chearful spirits he had breath'd The common air ; the hills , which he so oft Had climb'd with vigorous steps ; which had impress'd So many incidents upon his mind Of hardship , skill or courage , joy or fear ; Which ...
Fields , where with chearful spirits he had breath'd The common air ; the hills , which he so oft Had climb'd with vigorous steps ; which had impress'd So many incidents upon his mind Of hardship , skill or courage , joy or fear ; Which ...
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... as far as his fears , tears and trembling will permit . But as soon as the eye is again directed to the printed page , the spell begins anew ; for an instinctive sense tells the child's feelings , that to utter its own momentary ...
... as far as his fears , tears and trembling will permit . But as soon as the eye is again directed to the printed page , the spell begins anew ; for an instinctive sense tells the child's feelings , that to utter its own momentary ...
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... down and stared at , By hedious shapes that cannot be remembered ; Now seeing nothing and imaging nothing ; But only being afraid -- stiffed with fear ! While every goodly or familiar form Had a strange power of spreading terror ...
... down and stared at , By hedious shapes that cannot be remembered ; Now seeing nothing and imaging nothing ; But only being afraid -- stiffed with fear ! While every goodly or familiar form Had a strange power of spreading terror ...
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difference of language , as truly , though not perhaps in as marked a degree , as the excitement of love , fear , rage , or jealousy . The vividness of the descriptions or declamations in DONNE , or Dryden , is as much and as often ...
difference of language , as truly , though not perhaps in as marked a degree , as the excitement of love , fear , rage , or jealousy . The vividness of the descriptions or declamations in DONNE , or Dryden , is as much and as often ...
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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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