Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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Page 65
... human nature as not to believe , that these critics have already taken shame to themselves , whether they consider the object of their abuse in his moral or his literary character . For reflect but on the variety and extent of his ...
... human nature as not to believe , that these critics have already taken shame to themselves , whether they consider the object of their abuse in his moral or his literary character . For reflect but on the variety and extent of his ...
Page 67
... humanity ; and while the eulogist detected in exaggeration or false . hood must pay the full penalty of his baseness in ... human nature ) hurled fire - brands against a figure of their own imagination , publicly have his talents been ...
... humanity ; and while the eulogist detected in exaggeration or false . hood must pay the full penalty of his baseness in ... human nature ) hurled fire - brands against a figure of their own imagination , publicly have his talents been ...
Page 79
... human race are most de- graded . The poor , naked , half human savages of New Hol- ' land were found excellent mimics : and in civilized society , minds of the very lowest stamp alone satirize by copying . At least the difference ...
... human race are most de- graded . The poor , naked , half human savages of New Hol- ' land were found excellent mimics : and in civilized society , minds of the very lowest stamp alone satirize by copying . At least the difference ...
Page 83
... human as- sociations had given both variety , and an ad- ditional interest to natural objects , which in the passion and appetite of the first love they had seemed to him neither to need or permit . The occasional obscurities , which ...
... human as- sociations had given both variety , and an ad- ditional interest to natural objects , which in the passion and appetite of the first love they had seemed to him neither to need or permit . The occasional obscurities , which ...
Page 86
... human fa- culties , their appropriate marks , functions , and effects matured my conjecture into full convic- tion ) that fancy and imagination were two dis- tinct and widely different faculties , instead of being , according to the ...
... human fa- culties , their appropriate marks , functions , and effects matured my conjecture into full convic- tion ) that fancy and imagination were two dis- tinct and widely different faculties , instead of being , according to the ...
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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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