[384]. P. 207.
[385]. P. 213.
[386]. P. 441.
[387]. P. 412.
[388]. E.g., pp. 426, 427.
[389]. All men who write for the periodical press must almost necessarily repeat themselves, and Hazlitt (whose work often comes to us directly from the press itself) is not so very much less peccant in this kind than Coleridge. Coleridge’s own method exposes the peccadillo ruthlessly. The “Let Observation” criticism occurs several times: the story about the Falls of Lanark and the man who, beginning with “majestic,” spoilt it by “very pretty,” over and over again. Nor is this repetition merely due to the chaotic state of his publications; it seems to have been a congenital bias, as testified to in his conversation quite early.
[390]. P. 15, ed. cit.
[391]. V. infra on Letters.
[392]. P. 38.
[393]. P. 45.