Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 129
... passed the larger portion of his time , from earliest manhood , in villages and hamlets from door to door , " A ... passing by all the opportunities which such a mode of life would present to such a man ; all the advantages of the ...
... passed the larger portion of his time , from earliest manhood , in villages and hamlets from door to door , " A ... passing by all the opportunities which such a mode of life would present to such a man ; all the advantages of the ...
Page 135
... passing from one to the other as the nature of the thoughts or his own feelings dictated . Yet this mode of composition does not satisfy a cultivated taste , There is some- thing unpleasant in the being thus obliged to alternate states ...
... passing from one to the other as the nature of the thoughts or his own feelings dictated . Yet this mode of composition does not satisfy a cultivated taste , There is some- thing unpleasant in the being thus obliged to alternate states ...
Page 179
... passed beyond the latter , but he has confined himself far within the bounds of the former , in designating these critics , as too petulant to be passive to a genuine poet , and too feeble to grapple with him ; — " men of palsied ...
... passed beyond the latter , but he has confined himself far within the bounds of the former , in designating these critics , as too petulant to be passive to a genuine poet , and too feeble to grapple with him ; — " men of palsied ...
Page 185
... , I might certainly have passed very well for a Methodist missionary . However I disclaimed my title . What then may you be ? A man of fortune ? No ! -A merchant ? No ! A merchant's traveller ? No ! -A clerk ? No 185.
... , I might certainly have passed very well for a Methodist missionary . However I disclaimed my title . What then may you be ? A man of fortune ? No ! -A merchant ? No ! A merchant's traveller ? No ! -A clerk ? No 185.
Page 194
... passing with a very lyrical transition to the subject of general politics , he declaimed , like a member of the Corresponding Society , about ( not concerning ) the Rights of Man , and assured me that notwithstanding his fortune , he ...
... passing with a very lyrical transition to the subject of general politics , he declaimed , like a member of the Corresponding Society , about ( not concerning ) the Rights of Man , and assured me that notwithstanding his fortune , he ...
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