 | England - 1847 - 788 pages
...?) " Coleridge felt this so deeply, that in a lately published work, he is recorded to have said, ' not twenty lines of Scott's poetry will ever reach posterity ; it has relation to nothing.' " (Vol. ip 63.) If Coleridge said this in the haste and vivacity of conversation, it was great injustice... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Critics - 1836 - 286 pages
...of ministering to the depraved appetite for excitement, and, though in a far less degree, creating sympathy for the vicious and infamous, solely because...ever reach posterity ; it has relation to nothing." " When I wrote a letter upon the scarcity, it was * Let it always be borne in mind, that this and other... | |
 | 1836 - 456 pages
...of ministering to the depraved appetite for excitement, and, though in a far less degree, creating sympathy for the vicious and infamous, solely because...ever reach posterity ; it has relation to nothing. It often amuses me to hear men impute all their misfortunes to fate, luck, or destiny, whilst their... | |
 | Books - 1836 - 636 pages
...of ministering to the depraved appetite for excitement, and, though in a far less degree, creating sympathy for the vicious and infamous, solely because...ever reach posterity ; it has relation to nothing." — vol. i, pp. 48— 51, 148, 149, 193. We have not a word to say as to the justice or injustice of... | |
 | 1836 - 646 pages
...of ministering to the depraved appetite for excitement, and, though in a far less degree, creating sympathy for the vicious and infamous, solely because...ever reach posterity; it has relation to nothing."— vol. i, pp. 48—51, 148, 149, 193. We have not a word to say as to the justice or injustice of these... | |
 | William Rae Wilson - Europe - 1837 - 314 pages
...of ministering to the depraved appetite for excitement, and, though in a far less degree, creating sympathy for the vicious and infamous, solely because...This is tolerably bold, and it is to be presumed was Jolerably sincere likewise, coming as it does from one who was not accustomed to truckle to the world,... | |
 | Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) - 1846 - 182 pages
...lately published work (Letters, Conversations, &c., of ST Coleridge) he is recorded to have said, " not twenty lines of Scott's poetry will ever reach posterity ; it has relation to nothing." This is altogether too harsh, and proves that the philosopher is subject to narrowness and partial views, from... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - American literature - 1846 - 380 pages
...lately published work (Letters, Conversations, &c., of ST Coleridge) he is recorded to have said, " not twenty lines of Scott's poetry will ever reach posterity ; it has relation to nothing." This is altogether too harsh, and proves that the philosopher is subject to narrowness and partial views, from... | |
 | Scotland - 1847 - 818 pages
...mean?) " Coleridge felt this so deeply, that in a lately published work, he is recorded to have said, ' not twenty lines of Scott's poetry will ever reach posterity ; it has relation to nothing.' " (Vol. ip 63.) If Coleridge said this in the haste and vivacity of conversation, it was great injustice... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - American literature - 1852 - 364 pages
...lately published work (Letters, Conversations, &c., of ST Coleridge) he is recorded to have said, " not twenty lines of Scott's poetry will ever reach posterity ; it has relation to nothing." This is altogether too harsh, and proves that the philosopher is subject to narrowness and partial views, from... | |
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Bertram, et id omne genus, viz., that of ministering to the depraved appetite for excitement, and, though in a far less degree, creating sympathy for the vicious and infamous, solely because the fiend is daring. Not twenty lines of Scott's poetry will... 
