Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions |
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... feelings of the heart ; still there was a long and blessed interval , during which my natural faculties were allowed to expand , and my original tendencies to develop themselves ; my fancy , and the love of nature , and the sense of ...
... feelings of the heart ; still there was a long and blessed interval , during which my natural faculties were allowed to expand , and my original tendencies to develop themselves ; my fancy , and the love of nature , and the sense of ...
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... feelings , the pleasure derived Now look out in the Gradus for Purus , and you find , as the first synonyme , lacteus ; for coloratus , and the first synonyme is purpureus . I mention this by way of elucidating one of the most ordinary ...
... feelings , the pleasure derived Now look out in the Gradus for Purus , and you find , as the first synonyme , lacteus ; for coloratus , and the first synonyme is purpureus . I mention this by way of elucidating one of the most ordinary ...
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... feeling ; it is every where present , but seldom any where as a separate excitement . I was wont boldly to affirm , that it would be scarcely more difficult to push a stone out from the pyramids with the bare hand , than to alter a word ...
... feeling ; it is every where present , but seldom any where as a separate excitement . I was wont boldly to affirm , that it would be scarcely more difficult to push a stone out from the pyramids with the bare hand , than to alter a word ...
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... feeling , with which readers in general take part against the author , in favor of the critic ; and the readiness with which they ... feelings and affections blend more easily and intimately with these ideal creations , than CHAPTER II. ...
... feeling , with which readers in general take part against the author , in favor of the critic ; and the readiness with which they ... feelings and affections blend more easily and intimately with these ideal creations , than CHAPTER II. ...
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... attempt to appear what he is not , as to become himself one of his own proselytes . Still , as this counterfeit and artificial persuasion must differ , even in the person's own feelings , from a real sense 28 BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA .
... attempt to appear what he is not , as to become himself one of his own proselytes . Still , as this counterfeit and artificial persuasion must differ , even in the person's own feelings , from a real sense 28 BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA .
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