Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 77
... out ( in thought I mean ) every instance of this kind . If the num- her of these fancied erasures did not startle him ; or if he continued to deem the work improved by their total omission ; he must advance reasons 77.
... out ( in thought I mean ) every instance of this kind . If the num- her of these fancied erasures did not startle him ; or if he continued to deem the work improved by their total omission ; he must advance reasons 77.
Page 78
... reasons of no ordinary strength and evidence , reasons grounded in the essence of human nature . Otherwise I should not hesitate to consider him as a man not so much proof against all authority , as dead to it . The second line , " And ...
... reasons of no ordinary strength and evidence , reasons grounded in the essence of human nature . Otherwise I should not hesitate to consider him as a man not so much proof against all authority , as dead to it . The second line , " And ...
Page 79
... teaching us to consider the world in its relation to God , as of a building to its mason leaves the idea of omnipresence a mere abstract notion in the state - room of our reason . Will it be contended on the one side , that 79.
... teaching us to consider the world in its relation to God , as of a building to its mason leaves the idea of omnipresence a mere abstract notion in the state - room of our reason . Will it be contended on the one side , that 79.
Page 82
... reason unpoetic ? This poet's well - merited epithet is that of the " well - languaged Daniel ; " but likewise and by the consent of his contem- poraries no less than of all succeeding critics , the " prosaic Daniel . " Yet those , who ...
... reason unpoetic ? This poet's well - merited epithet is that of the " well - languaged Daniel ; " but likewise and by the consent of his contem- poraries no less than of all succeeding critics , the " prosaic Daniel . " Yet those , who ...
Page 83
... eye . " James , pointing to its summit , over which they had all purposed to return together , informed them that transplanted for no assignable cause or reason but that of Ff2 83 for the latter a yet nearer resemblance to the ...
... eye . " James , pointing to its summit , over which they had all purposed to return together , informed them that transplanted for no assignable cause or reason but that of Ff2 83 for the latter a yet nearer resemblance to the ...
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