Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... common attributes of the class ; not with such as one gifted individual might possibly possess , but such as from his situation it is most probable before - hand , that he would pos- sess . If my premises are right , and my deduc- tions ...
... common attributes of the class ; not with such as one gifted individual might possibly possess , but such as from his situation it is most probable before - hand , that he would pos- sess . If my premises are right , and my deduc- tions ...
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... common to the class . Take " Micn for instance : An old man stout of heart , and strong of limb z His bodily frame had been from youth to age Of an unusual strength ; his mind was keen , Intense and frugal , apt for all affairs , And in ...
... common to the class . Take " Micn for instance : An old man stout of heart , and strong of limb z His bodily frame had been from youth to age Of an unusual strength ; his mind was keen , Intense and frugal , apt for all affairs , And in ...
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... common - sense , however learned or refined he may be , except as far as the notions , which the rustic has to convey , are fewer and more indiscriminate . This will become still clearer , if we add the consideration ( equally important ...
... common - sense , however learned or refined he may be , except as far as the notions , which the rustic has to convey , are fewer and more indiscriminate . This will become still clearer , if we add the consideration ( equally important ...
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... common life . The extreme difficulty , and often the im- possibility , of finding words for the simplest moral and intellectual processes in the lan- guages of uncivilized tribes has proved perhaps 1 the weightiest obstacle to the ...
... common life . The extreme difficulty , and often the im- possibility , of finding words for the simplest moral and intellectual processes in the lan- guages of uncivilized tribes has proved perhaps 1 the weightiest obstacle to the ...
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... common proper- ties of the class to which he belongs ; and thirdly , words and phrases of universal use . The language of Hooker , Bacon , Bishop Tay- lor , and Burke , differ from the common lan- guage of the learned class only by the ...
... common proper- ties of the class to which he belongs ; and thirdly , words and phrases of universal use . The language of Hooker , Bacon , Bishop Tay- lor , and Burke , differ from the common lan- guage of the learned class only by the ...
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