Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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For from the conjunction of perceived power with supposed heresy I explain the inveteracy and in some instances, I grieve to say, the acrimonious passions, with which the controversy has been conducted by the assailants.
For from the conjunction of perceived power with supposed heresy I explain the inveteracy and in some instances, I grieve to say, the acrimonious passions, with which the controversy has been conducted by the assailants.
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For from the conjunction of perceived power with supposed heresy I explain the inveteracy and in some instances , I grieve to say , the acrimonious passions , with which the controversy has been conducted by the assailants .
For from the conjunction of perceived power with supposed heresy I explain the inveteracy and in some instances , I grieve to say , the acrimonious passions , with which the controversy has been conducted by the assailants .
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Controversy is not seldom excited in consequence of the disputants attaching each a different meaning to the same word ; and in few instances has this been more striking , than in disputes concerning the present subject .
Controversy is not seldom excited in consequence of the disputants attaching each a different meaning to the same word ; and in few instances has this been more striking , than in disputes concerning the present subject .
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In the two following lines for instance , there is nothing objectionable , nothing which would preclude them from forming , in their proper place , part of a descriptive poem : “ Behold yon row of pines , that shorn and bow'd Bend from ...
In the two following lines for instance , there is nothing objectionable , nothing which would preclude them from forming , in their proper place , part of a descriptive poem : “ Behold yon row of pines , that shorn and bow'd Bend from ...
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... it moulds and colors itself to the circumstances , passion , or character , present and foremost in the mind . For unrivalled instances of this excellence , the reader's own memory will refer him to the LEAR , OTHELLO , in short to ...
... it moulds and colors itself to the circumstances , passion , or character , present and foremost in the mind . For unrivalled instances of this excellence , the reader's own memory will refer him to the LEAR , OTHELLO , in short to ...
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