Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 30
... less valuable than his works , and to whose authority more deference will be willingly paid , than I could even wish , should be shewn to mine , has told us , and from his own experience too , that good taste must be acquired , and like ...
... less valuable than his works , and to whose authority more deference will be willingly paid , than I could even wish , should be shewn to mine , has told us , and from his own experience too , that good taste must be acquired , and like ...
Page 36
... less congruous with his own theory , than with that which he repro- bates . In like manner with a kind of instinc- tive prudence , he will abandon by little and little his weakest posts , till at length he seems to forget that they had ...
... less congruous with his own theory , than with that which he repro- bates . In like manner with a kind of instinc- tive prudence , he will abandon by little and little his weakest posts , till at length he seems to forget that they had ...
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... attain their maturity , are less under restraint , and speak a plainer and more emphatic language ; because in that ་ condition of life our elementary feelings co- exist in Cc 3 37 injurious, and therefore either, need not, or ...
... attain their maturity , are less under restraint , and speak a plainer and more emphatic language ; because in that ་ condition of life our elementary feelings co- exist in Cc 3 37 injurious, and therefore either, need not, or ...
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... less dramatic , as the " Brothers , " Michael , " " Ruth , " the " Mad Mother , " & c . the persons introduced are by no means taken from low or rustic life in the common accepta- tion of those words ; and it is not less clear , that ...
... less dramatic , as the " Brothers , " Michael , " " Ruth , " the " Mad Mother , " & c . the persons introduced are by no means taken from low or rustic life in the common accepta- tion of those words ; and it is not less clear , that ...
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... less formidable , than sophistication and vicious in- termixture . I am convinced , that for the human soul to prosper in rustic life , a certain vantage- ground is pre - requisite . It is not every man , that is likely to be improved ...
... less formidable , than sophistication and vicious in- termixture . I am convinced , that for the human soul to prosper in rustic life , a certain vantage- ground is pre - requisite . It is not every man , that is likely to be improved ...
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