Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions |
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Page 41
... require a quick change of objects , such writers are sure , sooner or later to awake from their dream of vanity to disappointment and neglect with embittered and envenomed feelings . Even du- * Especially " in this AGE OF PERSONALITY ...
... require a quick change of objects , such writers are sure , sooner or later to awake from their dream of vanity to disappointment and neglect with embittered and envenomed feelings . Even du- * Especially " in this AGE OF PERSONALITY ...
Page 46
... it creditable to his heart , to feel and express a resentment proportioned to the grossness of the provocation , and the importance of the object . There is no profession on earth , which requires an attention so early , so long , or so 46.
... it creditable to his heart , to feel and express a resentment proportioned to the grossness of the provocation , and the importance of the object . There is no profession on earth , which requires an attention so early , so long , or so 46.
Page 51
... require or stand so merciless and long - continued a can- nonading . Without any feeling of anger there- fore ( for which indeed , on my own account , I have no pretext ) I may yet be allowed to ex . press some degree of surprize , that ...
... require or stand so merciless and long - continued a can- nonading . Without any feeling of anger there- fore ( for which indeed , on my own account , I have no pretext ) I may yet be allowed to ex . press some degree of surprize , that ...
Page 56
... require all three to explain . The solution may seem to have been given , or at least suggested , in a note to a preceding page . I was in habits of intimacy with Mr. Wordsworth and Mr. Southey ! This , however , transfers , rather than ...
... require all three to explain . The solution may seem to have been given , or at least suggested , in a note to a preceding page . I was in habits of intimacy with Mr. Wordsworth and Mr. Southey ! This , however , transfers , rather than ...
Page 78
... require a twenty years war , cam- paign after campaign , in order to dethrone the usurper and re - establish the legitimate taste . But that a downright simpleness , under the affectation of simplicity , prosaic words in feeble metre ...
... require a twenty years war , cam- paign after campaign , in order to dethrone the usurper and re - establish the legitimate taste . But that a downright simpleness , under the affectation of simplicity , prosaic words in feeble metre ...
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