The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The fall of Robespierre. Poems. A course of lectures. OmnianaW. Pickering, 1836 - Literature |
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... tion not poetical . On the conditions and regulations under which such books may be employed advantageously in the earlier periods of education . XII . March 6. - On tales of witches , ap- paritions , & c . as distinguished from the ...
... tion not poetical . On the conditions and regulations under which such books may be employed advantageously in the earlier periods of education . XII . March 6. - On tales of witches , ap- paritions , & c . as distinguished from the ...
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... tion of man in his antique form . He then dwelt on the pre - eminence of the Greeks in Art and Philosophy , and noticed the suitable- ness of polytheism to small insulated states , in which patriotism acted as a substitute for re ...
... tion of man in his antique form . He then dwelt on the pre - eminence of the Greeks in Art and Philosophy , and noticed the suitable- ness of polytheism to small insulated states , in which patriotism acted as a substitute for re ...
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... tion of the poems of his time , among which were several epic poems of great merit ; or rather in strictness there was a vast cycle of heroic poems , or minstrelsies , from and out of which separate poems were composed . The form of ...
... tion of the poems of his time , among which were several epic poems of great merit ; or rather in strictness there was a vast cycle of heroic poems , or minstrelsies , from and out of which separate poems were composed . The form of ...
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... tion it here once for all ) -which interposes a painful mixture in the humour of Chaucer , and which has once or twice seduced even our pure - minded Spenser into a grossness , as hete- rogeneous from the spirit of his great poem , as ...
... tion it here once for all ) -which interposes a painful mixture in the humour of Chaucer , and which has once or twice seduced even our pure - minded Spenser into a grossness , as hete- rogeneous from the spirit of his great poem , as ...
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... tion , and he has with great skill contrived varieties of construction ; but his style is rarely sweet or harmonious , in consequence of his labour at point and strength being so evident . In all his works , in verse or prose , there is ...
... tion , and he has with great skill contrived varieties of construction ; but his style is rarely sweet or harmonious , in consequence of his labour at point and strength being so evident . In all his works , in verse or prose , there is ...
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