Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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... tion works of polite literature are commonly perused , not only by the mass of readers , but by men of first rate ability , till some accident or chance * discussion have roused their atten- * * In the course of my lectures , I had ...
... tion works of polite literature are commonly perused , not only by the mass of readers , but by men of first rate ability , till some accident or chance * discussion have roused their atten- * * In the course of my lectures , I had ...
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge. " tion , and put them on their guard . And hence individuals below mediocrity not less in natural power than in acquired knowledge ; nay , bung- lers that had failed in the lowest mechanic crafts , and whose ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. " tion , and put them on their guard . And hence individuals below mediocrity not less in natural power than in acquired knowledge ; nay , bung- lers that had failed in the lowest mechanic crafts , and whose ...
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... tion of these confirms me in the belief , that the omission of less than an hundred lines would have precluded nine - tenths of the criticism on this work . I hazard this declaration , however , on the supposition , that the reader had ...
... tion of these confirms me in the belief , that the omission of less than an hundred lines would have precluded nine - tenths of the criticism on this work . I hazard this declaration , however , on the supposition , that the reader had ...
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... tion of fear , which predisposes the mind to anger . Not able to deny that the author pos- sessed both genius and a powerful intellect , they felt very positive , but were not quite certain , that he might not be in the right , and they ...
... tion of fear , which predisposes the mind to anger . Not able to deny that the author pos- sessed both genius and a powerful intellect , they felt very positive , but were not quite certain , that he might not be in the right , and they ...
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... tion , than poetry , ( at all events , than descrip- tive poetry ) has a right to claim . It not seldom therefore justified the complaint of obscurity . In the following extract I have sometimes fan- cied , that I saw an emblem of the ...
... tion , than poetry , ( at all events , than descrip- tive poetry ) has a right to claim . It not seldom therefore justified the complaint of obscurity . In the following extract I have sometimes fan- cied , that I saw an emblem of the ...
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