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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral, & philosophical ... - Page 465
1834
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Life, Letters, and Writings, Volume 3

Charles Lamb - 1882 - 464 pages
...Garrick had retired. " Coleridge in bis Literary Life" &c. He writes : " I fancy I can almost hear him exclaiming, Harp > Harp ? Lyre? Pen and ink, boy,...muse? Your nurse's daughter, you mean. Pierian spring ? O aye ! The cloister pump, I suppose." Boyer retired in 1799, obtained i living of a thousand a year,...
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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 828 pages
...for the last three yours of our English education), he showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor, or image, unsupported by a sound sense, or where the same sense...and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyre, Mune, Mutei, and inspiration*. Pegasiw, Parnawus, and Hippocrene, were all an abomination to him. In...
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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 828 pages
...words. Lute, Artrp, and lyre, Jf«*e, J/Mfle*, and iiutplratttm/i. fegatun^ Parnassus, nnd Jlippocrene, were all an abomination to him. In fancy I can almost...exclaiming. "Harp? Harp? Lyre? Pen and ink, boy, you mean! MUHC, boy. Muse f Your nurse's daughter, you mean! Pierian spring * Oh aye ! the cloister pump, I BiippoHe."...
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Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and ...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Criticism - 1884 - 482 pages
...phrase, • The Rev. Juno Bowyer, many yeare Head Master of Christ's Hospital. metaphor, or image, unsupported by a -sound sense, or where the same sense...might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity iu plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyre, muse, muses, and inspirations, Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hippocrene,...
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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 828 pages
...he showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor, or image, unsupported by a sound sense, or xvhere the some sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, and lure, Mufte, Mutteft, and inspirations. Pegatu*, Pcirnawus, and fflppocrene, were all an abomination...
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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 824 pages
...education), he nhowed no mercy to phraee, metaphor, or imago, unsupported by a sound sense, or where the snme sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyi'e, ¿fuse, Mu&es, and í;wpi>aííf>n«. Pegante, Ригпаяаив, and fflppocrene, were all...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 71

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - American literature - 1885 - 996 pages
...for the last three years of our school education) he showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor, or image unsupported by a sound sense, or where the same sense...Hippocrene, were all an abomination to him. In fancy I can hear him now exclaiming: 'Harp? harp? lyre? Pen and ink, boy, you mean! Muse, hoy, Muse? Your nurse's...
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Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Sir Hall Caine - Critics - 1887 - 188 pages
...pupils, the Rev. Mr. Bowyer showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor, or image, unsupported by sound sense. " Harp ? harp ? lyre ? Pen and ink, boy, you mean !...boy, muse ? Your nurse's daughter you mean ! Pierian springs ? Oh aye, the cloister-pump, I suppose ! " The sense of obligation to this master seems never...
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Our English

Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1889 - 312 pages
...for the last three years of our school education), he showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor, or image unsupported by a sound sense, or where the same sense...Hippocrene, were all an abomination to him. In fancy I can hear him now exclaiming, 'Harp? harp? lyre ? Pen and ink, boy, you mean ! Muse, boy, Muse? Your nurse's...
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Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and ...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Aesthetics - 1891 - 484 pages
...years Head Master of Christ's Hospital. metaphor, or image, unsupported by a sound sense, or where tlio same sense might have been conveyed with equal force...can almost hear him now, exclaiming, " Harp ? Harp ? Lgre ? Pen and ink, boy, you mean! Muse, boy, muse ? Your Nurse's daughter you mean! Pierian spring...
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