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... whole num- ber abreast on his desk , he would ask the writer , why this or that sentence might not have found as appropriate a place under this or that other thesis : and if no satisfying answer could be returned , and two faults of the ...
... whole num- ber abreast on his desk , he would ask the writer , why this or that sentence might not have found as appropriate a place under this or that other thesis : and if no satisfying answer could be returned , and two faults of the ...
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... whole life he was a dedicated thing . From causes , which this is not the place to investigate , no models of past times , however perfect , can have the same vivid effect on the youthful mind , as the productions of contem- porary ...
... whole life he was a dedicated thing . From causes , which this is not the place to investigate , no models of past times , however perfect , can have the same vivid effect on the youthful mind , as the productions of contem- porary ...
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... whole time that he was in our first form ( or in our school language a GRECIAN ) had been my patron and protector . I refer to Dr. Middleton , the truly learned , and every way excellent Bishop of Calcutta : " Qui laudibus amplis ...
... whole time that he was in our first form ( or in our school language a GRECIAN ) had been my patron and protector . I refer to Dr. Middleton , the truly learned , and every way excellent Bishop of Calcutta : " Qui laudibus amplis ...
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... whole was as it were a sorites , or , if I may exchange a logical for a grammatical metaphor , a conjunction disjunc- tive , of epigrams . Meantime the matter and diction seemed to me characterized not so much by poetic thoughts , as by ...
... whole was as it were a sorites , or , if I may exchange a logical for a grammatical metaphor , a conjunction disjunc- tive , of epigrams . Meantime the matter and diction seemed to me characterized not so much by poetic thoughts , as by ...
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... whole truth arises , as a tertiam aliquid different from either . Thus in Dryden's famous line " Great wit " ( which here means genius ) " to madness sure is near allied . ” Now as far as the profound sensibility , which is doubtless ...
... whole truth arises , as a tertiam aliquid different from either . Thus in Dryden's famous line " Great wit " ( which here means genius ) " to madness sure is near allied . ” Now as far as the profound sensibility , which is doubtless ...
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Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions No preview available - 2020 |
Biographia Literaria Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Samuel Taylor Coleridge No preview available - 2019 |
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