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... my former passion for metaphysical investigations ; I labored at a solid foundation , on which permanently to ground my opinions , in the component faculties of the human mind itself , and their comparative dignity and importance .
... my former passion for metaphysical investigations ; I labored at a solid foundation , on which permanently to ground my opinions , in the component faculties of the human mind itself , and their comparative dignity and importance .
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The circumstances in the time of Shakspeare , which it was equally out of his power to alter , were different , and such as , in my opinion , allowed a far wider sphere , and a deeper and more human interest .
The circumstances in the time of Shakspeare , which it was equally out of his power to alter , were different , and such as , in my opinion , allowed a far wider sphere , and a deeper and more human interest .
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... species besides that of bards ; but that the irritability of trade would soon reduce the resentments of poets into mere shadow - fights ( oxlope axias ) in the comparison . Or is wealth the only rational object of human interest ?
... species besides that of bards ; but that the irritability of trade would soon reduce the resentments of poets into mere shadow - fights ( oxlope axias ) in the comparison . Or is wealth the only rational object of human interest ?
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Or should we pass by all higher objects and motives , all disinterested benevolence , and even that ambition of lasting praise which is at once the crutch and ornament , which at once supports and betrays , the infirmity of human virtue ...
Or should we pass by all higher objects and motives , all disinterested benevolence , and even that ambition of lasting praise which is at once the crutch and ornament , which at once supports and betrays , the infirmity of human virtue ...
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... never bent ) from the genus , reading , to that comprehensive class characterized by the power of reconciling the two contrary yet co - existing propensities of human nature , namely ; indulgence of sloth , and hatred of vacancy .
... never bent ) from the genus , reading , to that comprehensive class characterized by the power of reconciling the two contrary yet co - existing propensities of human nature , namely ; indulgence of sloth , and hatred of vacancy .
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Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Samuel Taylor Coleridge Vista previa limitada - 1834 |
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