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“I very much wish that some day or other you may have time to learn Greek, because that language is an idea. Even a little of it is like manure to the soil of the mind, and makes it bear finer flowers.”

Quote by Sara Coleridge

Book:Memoir and Letters

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Memoir and Letters

This compilation includes both memoirs, which are accounts of the author's life, and letters, providing a glimpse into their personal thoughts and interactions with others. The collection is a testament to the author's life journey and the complexities of human relationships. more

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Sara Coleridge was an English author and poet, recognized for her literary contributions. Born on December 23, 1802, she was the daughter of the famous poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Her writing included poetry and prose, with her most recognized work being 'The Sonnets on Eminent Characters'. She passed away on May 3, 1852. more

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Book:Memoir and Letters

Source: Memoir and Letters

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Source: Memoir and Letters

“I don't pretend to any exemption from the general lot of parental delusion-I mean that like most other parents I see my child through an atmosphere which illuminates, magnifies, and at the same time refines the object to a degree that amounts to a delusion.”

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Book:Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge

Source: Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge

“I would have any one, who really and truly has leisure and ability, make verses. I think it a more refining and happy-making occupation than any other pastime accomplishment.”

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Book:Memoir and Letters

Source: Memoir and Letters

“Puns are often unacceptable to the feelings; they come like a spoonful of ice-cream in the midst of a comfortable smoking-hot steak, or as a peppery morsel when your palate was in expectation of a mild pudding.”

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Source: Memoir and Letters

“The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of vanity and over-self-contemplativeness.”

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Book:Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge

Source: Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge

“When I read or hear of the mutual injuries of England and Ireland, I fancy it would have been a blessed thing had the sea never flowed between the two countries. Had they been all in one, surely there would have been more unity between them of interests and of feelings. But let us hope that days of peace and general enlightenment will arrive by ways past man's finding out.”

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Book:Memoir and Letters

Source: Memoir and Letters

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