The author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses, during which time he has the most vivid confidence, that he could not have composed less than from two to three hundred lines ; if, that indeed can be called... The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Page 31by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1874 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1816 - 242 pages
...ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall." The author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses,...consciousness of effort. On awaking he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen, ink, and paper, instantly and eagerly... | |
| 1816 - 676 pages
...ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with u wall.' The author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses,...things, with a parallel production of the correspondent expression, without any sensation or consciousness of effort. On awaking, he appeared to nimself to... | |
| English literature - 1816 - 592 pages
...lines of poetry — " if that indeed," says be, ' can be called composition, in which all the nuages rose up before him as things, with a parallel production...sensation, or consciousness of effort." — On awaking he began to write down these effusions ; but being called off, and detained above an hour, he found to... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1828 - 374 pages
...ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall." The author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses,...consciousness of effort. On awaking he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen ink, and paper, instantly and eagerly... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 400 pages
...ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall." The author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses,...composition in which all the images rose up before him as tliingi, with a parallel production of the correspondent expressions, without any sensation or consciousness... | |
| English literature - 1829 - 558 pages
...of this composition had almost always happened to him in the production of his poems, viz., that " the images rose up before him as things, with a parallel production of the correspondent expressions." We cannot but believe that usually his " visions flit very palpably before him," from the effect of... | |
| Robert Macnish - Hygiene - 1834 - 310 pages
...for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses, during which time he had the most vivid confidence, that he could not have...consciousness of effort. On awaking, he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole : and taking his pen, ink, and paper instantly and eagerly... | |
| Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1834 - 312 pages
...senses, during which time he luw the most vivid confidence, that he could not have compound less tlmn from two to three hundred lines ; if that indeed can be called composition in which all the images roso up before him as things, with a parallel production of the correspondent expressions, without... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1835 - 320 pages
...author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses, daring which time he has the most vivid confidence, that...production of the correspondent expressions, without any se%sation or consciousness of effort. On awaking he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1837 - 1032 pages
...Mr. Coleridge' • •tatement we consider onrvelres justified in retaining our o»n ikith therein.. two to three hundred lines ; if that indeed can be...without any sensation or consciousness of effort." Ou awaking he instantly sat down to commit his poem to paper. After having written so many lines as... | |
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