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... had they indeed contained nothing more than what is found in the parodies and pretended imitations of them ; they must have sunk at once, a dead weight, into the slough of oblivion, and have dragged the preface along with them.
... had they indeed contained nothing more than what is found in the parodies and pretended imitations of them ; they must have sunk at once, a dead weight, into the slough of oblivion, and have dragged the preface along with them.
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... had they indeed contained nothing more than what is found in the parodies and pretended imitations of them ; they must have sunk at once , a dead weight , into the slough of oblivion , and have dragged the preface along with them .
... had they indeed contained nothing more than what is found in the parodies and pretended imitations of them ; they must have sunk at once , a dead weight , into the slough of oblivion , and have dragged the preface along with them .
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... it expedient to declare once for all , in what points I coincide with his opinions , and in what points I altogether differ . But in order to render myself intelligible I , must previously , in as few words as possible , explain my ...
... it expedient to declare once for all , in what points I coincide with his opinions , and in what points I altogether differ . But in order to render myself intelligible I , must previously , in as few words as possible , explain my ...
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I mean the “ Venus and Adonis , ” and the “ Lucrece ; " works which give at once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious 9 ) * A'me pvgrověs , a phrase which I have borrowed from a Greek monk , who applies it to a Patriarch of ...
I mean the “ Venus and Adonis , ” and the “ Lucrece ; " works which give at once strong promises of the strength , and yet obvious 9 ) * A'me pvgrověs , a phrase which I have borrowed from a Greek monk , who applies it to a Patriarch of ...
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... as I once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputation for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitary end for a possession of the peculiar ܪ . means . But the sense of musical delight , with 14.
... as I once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputation for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitary end for a possession of the peculiar ܪ . means . But the sense of musical delight , with 14.
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| Title | Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Publisher | R. Fenner, 1817 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2006 |
| Length | 309 pages |
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