Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and OpinionsRest Fenner, 1817 - 309 páginas |
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... appear to have been of calm and tranquil temper , in all that related to themselves . In the inward assurance of permanent fame , they seem to have been either indifferent or resigned , with regard to immediate reputation . Through all ...
... appear to have been of calm and tranquil temper , in all that related to themselves . In the inward assurance of permanent fame , they seem to have been either indifferent or resigned , with regard to immediate reputation . Through all ...
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... appear what he is not , as to become himself one of his own proselytes . Still , as this counterfeit and artificial persuasion must differ , even in the person's own feelings , from a real sense of inward power , what can be more ...
... appear what he is not , as to become himself one of his own proselytes . Still , as this counterfeit and artificial persuasion must differ , even in the person's own feelings , from a real sense of inward power , what can be more ...
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... appear men of genius ; but still more effectively by the excesses of the mere counterfeits both of talent and genius ; the number too being so incomparably greater of those who are thought to be , than of those who really are * A phrase ...
... appear men of genius ; but still more effectively by the excesses of the mere counterfeits both of talent and genius ; the number too being so incomparably greater of those who are thought to be , than of those who really are * A phrase ...
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... the habit of reading tomb - stones in church - yards , & c . By the bye , this catalogue strange as it may appear , is not insusceptible of a sound pcychological commentary . 1 will be apt to suspect , that there must be 50.
... the habit of reading tomb - stones in church - yards , & c . By the bye , this catalogue strange as it may appear , is not insusceptible of a sound pcychological commentary . 1 will be apt to suspect , that there must be 50.
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... appear in his slippers and dressing gown ? I am not perhaps the only one who has derived an innocent amusement from the riddles , conundrums , tri - syllable lines , & c . & c . of Swift and his correspondents , in hours of languor when ...
... appear in his slippers and dressing gown ? I am not perhaps the only one who has derived an innocent amusement from the riddles , conundrums , tri - syllable lines , & c . & c . of Swift and his correspondents , in hours of languor when ...
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