Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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Page 42
... once into violent and undisciplined abuse ; till the acute disease changing into chronical , the more deadly as the less violent , they be- come the fit instruments of literary detraction , and moral slander . They are then no longer to ...
... once into violent and undisciplined abuse ; till the acute disease changing into chronical , the more deadly as the less violent , they be- come the fit instruments of literary detraction , and moral slander . They are then no longer to ...
Page 44
... once the crutch and ornament , which at once sup ports and betrays , the infirmity of human vir- tue ; is the character and property of the in- dividual , who labours for our intellectual plea , sures , less entitled to a share of our ...
... once the crutch and ornament , which at once sup ports and betrays , the infirmity of human vir- tue ; is the character and property of the in- dividual , who labours for our intellectual plea , sures , less entitled to a share of our ...
Page 62
... once loco - motive power and a sort of ubiquity , so as to flutter and buz in the ear of the public to the sore annoyance of the said mysterious personage . But what gives an additional and more ludicrous absurdity to these lamentations ...
... once loco - motive power and a sort of ubiquity , so as to flutter and buz in the ear of the public to the sore annoyance of the said mysterious personage . But what gives an additional and more ludicrous absurdity to these lamentations ...
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... once to conceal and convey wit and wisdom in the semblance of folly and dulness , as is done in the clowns and fools , nay even in the Dogberry , of our Shakespear , is doubtless a proof of genius , or at all events , of satiric talent ...
... once to conceal and convey wit and wisdom in the semblance of folly and dulness , as is done in the clowns and fools , nay even in the Dogberry , of our Shakespear , is doubtless a proof of genius , or at all events , of satiric talent ...
Page 81
... once to pillars turn'd that flame with gold ; Behind his sail the peasant strives to shun The West , that burns like one dilated sun , Where in a mighty crucible expire The mountains , glowing hot , like coals of fire . " G The poetic ...
... once to pillars turn'd that flame with gold ; Behind his sail the peasant strives to shun The West , that burns like one dilated sun , Where in a mighty crucible expire The mountains , glowing hot , like coals of fire . " G The poetic ...
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