Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions |
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... proved erroneous . He lives , and long may he live ; for I dare prophecy , that with his life only will his exertions for the temporal and spiritual welfare of his fellow men be limited . and had already produced two or three ...
... proved erroneous . He lives , and long may he live ; for I dare prophecy , that with his life only will his exertions for the temporal and spiritual welfare of his fellow men be limited . and had already produced two or three ...
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... proved to be one which I had myself some time before written , and inserted in the Morning Post . To the Author of the Ancient Mariner . Your poem must eternal be , Dear sir , it cannot fail , For ' tis incomprehensible , And without ...
... proved to be one which I had myself some time before written , and inserted in the Morning Post . To the Author of the Ancient Mariner . Your poem must eternal be , Dear sir , it cannot fail , For ' tis incomprehensible , And without ...
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... proved in detail in my public lectures , ) in mistaking for the essentials of the Greek stage , certain rules which the wise poets imposed upon themselves , in order to render all the remaining parts of the drama , consistent with those ...
... proved in detail in my public lectures , ) in mistaking for the essentials of the Greek stage , certain rules which the wise poets imposed upon themselves , in order to render all the remaining parts of the drama , consistent with those ...
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... prove my words , if I added , ) a tried experience of twenty years has taught me that the original sin of my character consists in a careless indifference to public opinion , and to the attacks of those who influence it ; that praise ...
... prove my words , if I added , ) a tried experience of twenty years has taught me that the original sin of my character consists in a careless indifference to public opinion , and to the attacks of those who influence it ; that praise ...
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... attacked , from the pamphlets and periodical works of the last twenty years , may be an accompani- ment . Yet that it would prove medicinal in after times I dare not hope ; for as long as there are readers to 40 BIOGRAPHIA LITERARĶA .
... attacked , from the pamphlets and periodical works of the last twenty years , may be an accompani- ment . Yet that it would prove medicinal in after times I dare not hope ; for as long as there are readers to 40 BIOGRAPHIA LITERARĶA .
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