The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The fall of Robespierre. Poems. A course of lectures. OmnianaW. Pickering, 1836 |
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... object , the most arduous act of the reason and will ; -O no ! my dear , it is to pray , to pray as God would have us ; this is what at times makes me turn cold to my soul . Believe me , to pray with all your heart and strength , with ...
... object , the most arduous act of the reason and will ; -O no ! my dear , it is to pray , to pray as God would have us ; this is what at times makes me turn cold to my soul . Believe me , to pray with all your heart and strength , with ...
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... objects pro- posed , as the result of all , are the two following . 1. To convey , in a form best fitted to render them impressive at the time , and remembered afterwards , rules and principles of sound judg- ment , with a kind and ...
... objects pro- posed , as the result of all , are the two following . 1. To convey , in a form best fitted to render them impressive at the time , and remembered afterwards , rules and principles of sound judg- ment , with a kind and ...
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... object in the mind of the author , and not the principal cause of the delight which the work continues to give to all nations , and under all the revolutions of manners and opinions . IX . February 24. - On Rabelais , Swift , and Sterne ...
... object in the mind of the author , and not the principal cause of the delight which the work continues to give to all nations , and under all the revolutions of manners and opinions . IX . February 24. - On Rabelais , Swift , and Sterne ...
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... object in adverting to the Italian poets , is not so much for their own sakes , in which point of view Dante and Ariosto alone would have required separate Lectures , but for the elucidation of the merits of our countrymen , as to what ...
... object in adverting to the Italian poets , is not so much for their own sakes , in which point of view Dante and Ariosto alone would have required separate Lectures , but for the elucidation of the merits of our countrymen , as to what ...
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... objects of admi- ration and occasional imitation . This style diminished the control of the writer over the inner feelings of men , and created too great a charm between the body and the life ; and hence especially it was abandoned by ...
... objects of admi- ration and occasional imitation . This style diminished the control of the writer over the inner feelings of men , and created too great a charm between the body and the life ; and hence especially it was abandoned by ...
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