Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2Fenner, 1817 - 309 pages |
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Page 62
... thing . It is equivolant to the idea of a thing , whenever we use the word idea , with philosophic precision . Existence , on the other hand , is distinguished from essence , by • the superinduction of reality . Thus we speak of the 62.
... thing . It is equivolant to the idea of a thing , whenever we use the word idea , with philosophic precision . Existence , on the other hand , is distinguished from essence , by • the superinduction of reality . Thus we speak of the 62.
Page 63
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. the superinduction of reality . Thus we speak of the essence , and essential properties of a circle ; but we do not therefore assert , that any thing , which really exists , is mathema- tically circular . Thus ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. the superinduction of reality . Thus we speak of the essence , and essential properties of a circle ; but we do not therefore assert , that any thing , which really exists , is mathema- tically circular . Thus ...
Page 85
... speaking ? No surely ! rather of a fool or madman or at best of a vain or igno- rant phantast ! And might not Brains so wild and so deficient make just the same havock with rhymes and metres , as they are supposed to effect with modes ...
... speaking ? No surely ! rather of a fool or madman or at best of a vain or igno- rant phantast ! And might not Brains so wild and so deficient make just the same havock with rhymes and metres , as they are supposed to effect with modes ...
Page 89
... speaking strings , What God , what hero , wilt thou sing ? What happy man to cqual glories bring ? Begin , begin thy noble choice , And let the hills around reflect the image of thy voice . Pisa does to Jove belong , Jove and Pisa claim ...
... speaking strings , What God , what hero , wilt thou sing ? What happy man to cqual glories bring ? Begin , begin thy noble choice , And let the hills around reflect the image of thy voice . Pisa does to Jove belong , Jove and Pisa claim ...
Page 103
... speak ) I found that some had stuff'd the bed with thoughts , I would say thorns . Dear , could my heart not break , When with my pleasures even my rest was gone ? Full well I understood who had been there : For I had given the key to ...
... speak ) I found that some had stuff'd the bed with thoughts , I would say thorns . Dear , could my heart not break , When with my pleasures even my rest was gone ? Full well I understood who had been there : For I had given the key to ...
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