 | Ireland - 1835 - 726 pages
...most when in fact his resistance to the wandering instinct was greatest — viz. when the compass, and huge circuit, by which his illustrations moved,...people had lost him, and naturally enough supposed that be had lost himself. They continued to admire the separate beauty of the thoughts, but did not see... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Critics - 1835 - 410 pages
...most, when, in fact, his resistance to the wandering instinct was greatest, — viz., when the compass and huge circuit by which his illustrations moved,...coming round commenced, most people had lost him, anil naturally enougn supposed that he had lost himself. They continued to admire the separate beauty... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 364 pages
...most, when, in fact, his resistance to the wandering instinct was greatest, — viz. when the compass and huge circuit, by which his illustrations moved,...before this coming round commenced, most people had a 3 lost him, and naturally enough supposed that he had lost himself. They continued to admire the... | |
 | 1835 - 742 pages
...most when in fact his resistance to the wandering instinct was greatest — viz. when the compass, and huge circuit, by which his illustrations moved, travelled farthest into remote regions, hefore they hegan to revolve. Long hefore this coming round commenced, most people had lost him, and... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Anecdotes - 1836 - 402 pages
...most, when, in fact, his resistance to the wandering instinct was greatest, — viz. when the compass and huge circuit, by which his illustrations moved,...the dominant theme. * * * * However, I can assert, PREFACE. Xlll upon my^long and intimate knowledge of Coleridge's mind, that logic the most severe was... | |
 | American periodicals - 1866 - 956 pages
...the most when in fact his resistance to the wandering instinct was greatest, viz., when the compass and huge circuit, by which his illustrations moved,...had lost him, and naturally enough supposed that he nad lost himself. They continued to admire the separate beauty of the thoughts, but did not see their... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 622 pages
...hearer was often very great ; and that, when he got into his ' huge circuit ' and large illustrations, most people had lost him, and naturally enough supposed that he had lost himself." Nay, speaking to this very point, of the ease or difficulty of " carrying away " any definite notions... | |
 | Christianity - 1844 - 776 pages
...hearer was often very great ; and that, when he got into his " huge circuit" and large illustrations, most people had lost him, and naturally enough supposed that he had lost himself.' Nay, speaking to this very point, of the ease or difficulty of ' carrying away ' any definite notions... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 754 pages
...hearer was often very great; and that, when he got into his ' huge circuit' and large illustrations, most people had lost him, and naturally enough supposed that he had lost himself." Nay, speaking to this very point, of the ease or difficulty of " carrying away" any definite notions... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1849 - 634 pages
...most when, in fact, his resistance to the wandering instinct was greatest, — viz. when the compass and huge circuit by which his illustrations moved,...separate beauty of the thoughts, but did not see their relation to the dominant theme... However I can assert, upon my long and intimate knowledge of Coleridge's... | |
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Coleridge, to many people, and often I have heard the complaint, seemed to wander ; and he seemed then to wander the most when, in fact, his resistance to the wandering instinct was greatest — viz., when the compass and huge circuit, by which his illustrations... 
