Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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... lines which are now adopted in the introductory part of the VISION in the present collection in Mr. Southey's Joan of Arc , 2nd book , 1st edition , and the Tragedy of REMORSE ) are not more below my present ideal in respect of the ...
... lines which are now adopted in the introductory part of the VISION in the present collection in Mr. Southey's Joan of Arc , 2nd book , 1st edition , and the Tragedy of REMORSE ) are not more below my present ideal in respect of the ...
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... line , Then lack'd I matter , that enfeebled mine . In Spencer indeed , we trace a mind consti- tutionally tender , delicate , and , in comparison with his three great compeers , I had almost said , effeminate ; and this additionally ...
... line , Then lack'd I matter , that enfeebled mine . In Spencer indeed , we trace a mind consti- tutionally tender , delicate , and , in comparison with his three great compeers , I had almost said , effeminate ; and this additionally ...
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... lines , " As when the moon , resplendent lamp of light , " & c . much in the same way as has been since done , in an excellent article on Chalmers's British Poets in the Quarterly Review . The impression on the audience in general was ...
... lines , " As when the moon , resplendent lamp of light , " & c . much in the same way as has been since done , in an excellent article on Chalmers's British Poets in the Quarterly Review . The impression on the audience in general was ...
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... lines , " Around her throne the vivid planets roll , And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole , " the sense , or the diction be the more absurd . My answer was ; that tho ' I had derived peculiar advantages from my school discipline ...
... lines , " Around her throne the vivid planets roll , And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole , " the sense , or the diction be the more absurd . My answer was ; that tho ' I had derived peculiar advantages from my school discipline ...
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... line " Great wit " ( which here means genius ) " to madness sure is near allied . ” Now as far as the profound sensibility , which is doubtless one of the components of genius , were alone considered , single and unbalanced , it might ...
... line " Great wit " ( which here means genius ) " to madness sure is near allied . ” Now as far as the profound sensibility , which is doubtless one of the components of genius , were alone considered , single and unbalanced , it might ...
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Biographia Literaria Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Samuel Taylor Coleridge No preview available - 2019 |
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