Biographical and critical essays. Reprinted from reviews, with additions and corrections, Volumen1Longman, 1858 |
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... he exercised the most rigid self - denial . His favourite motto on such matters was , - Avoid shame , but do not seek glory - nothing so expensive as glory ; ' and this he applied c 2 HIS LIFE , CHARACTER , AND WRITINGS . 19.
... he exercised the most rigid self - denial . His favourite motto on such matters was , - Avoid shame , but do not seek glory - nothing so expensive as glory ; ' and this he applied c 2 HIS LIFE , CHARACTER , AND WRITINGS . 19.
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... favourite object to the palpable unsoundness of his argument . The es- sential end and object of a church establishment are to prevent this very description of competition which he claims as the inalienable privilege of its ministers ...
... favourite object to the palpable unsoundness of his argument . The es- sential end and object of a church establishment are to prevent this very description of competition which he claims as the inalienable privilege of its ministers ...
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... favourite maxim ( copied from Swift ) was " take as many half - minutes as you can get , but never talk more than half a minute without pausing and giving others an opportunity to strike in . " He vowed that Buchon , a clever and ...
... favourite maxim ( copied from Swift ) was " take as many half - minutes as you can get , but never talk more than half a minute without pausing and giving others an opportunity to strike in . " He vowed that Buchon , a clever and ...
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... precision worthy of the most painstaking and methodical of economists and calculators . 11 It was his favourite speculation , that the greatest command of worldly happiness was attainable by one who , VOL . I. F SAMUEL ROGERS . 65.
... precision worthy of the most painstaking and methodical of economists and calculators . 11 It was his favourite speculation , that the greatest command of worldly happiness was attainable by one who , VOL . I. F SAMUEL ROGERS . 65.
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... to own to " Christabel ; " but , by a parity of reasoning , Cole- ridge may be accused of owing more than he cared to own to " Faust . " favourites were Gray and Goldsmith ; and his pre- ference F 2 SAMUEL ROGERS . 67.
... to own to " Christabel ; " but , by a parity of reasoning , Cole- ridge may be accused of owing more than he cared to own to " Faust . " favourites were Gray and Goldsmith ; and his pre- ference F 2 SAMUEL ROGERS . 67.
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