Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions |
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venile poems , I saw and admitted the superiority of an austerer , and more natural style , with an insight not less clear , than I at present possess . My judgment was stronger , than were my powers of realizing its dictates ; and the ...
venile poems , I saw and admitted the superiority of an austerer , and more natural style , with an insight not less clear , than I at present possess . My judgment was stronger , than were my powers of realizing its dictates ; and the ...
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finances did not permit me to purchase copies , I made , within less than a year and au half , more than forty transcriptions , as the best presents I could offer to those , who had in any way won my regard .
finances did not permit me to purchase copies , I made , within less than a year and au half , more than forty transcriptions , as the best presents I could offer to those , who had in any way won my regard .
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... the MONODY at MATLOCK , and the HOPE , of Mr. Bowles ; for it peculiar to original genius to become less and less striking , in proportion to its success in improving the taste and judgement of its contemporaries .
... the MONODY at MATLOCK , and the HOPE , of Mr. Bowles ; for it peculiar to original genius to become less and less striking , in proportion to its success in improving the taste and judgement of its contemporaries .
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I assured my friend that if the epigram was a good one , it would only increase my desire to become acquainted with the author , and begg'd to hear it recited : when , to my no less surprise than amusement , it proved to be one which I ...
I assured my friend that if the epigram was a good one , it would only increase my desire to become acquainted with the author , and begg'd to hear it recited : when , to my no less surprise than amusement , it proved to be one which I ...
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The passion being in an inverse proportion to the insight , that the more vivid , as this the less distinct ; anger is the inevitable consequence . The absence of all foundation within their own minds for that , which they yet believe ...
The passion being in an inverse proportion to the insight , that the more vivid , as this the less distinct ; anger is the inevitable consequence . The absence of all foundation within their own minds for that , which they yet believe ...
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