Samuel Taylor Coleridge [ Art and Literature ]
… Benevolence Conversation Family Friendship Imagination Patriotism Science Sympathy Coleridge’s childhood: parental love and education The youngest in a family of ten, Coleridge was born in 1772 in Ottery St Mary in Devon. A greedy … fond of his sister Nancy whose kindness offset the coldness of his mother. As noted by Richard Holmes, Coleridge was a beloved and spoilt child but nonetheless relished in the role of the outcast. 1 When he was only seven, he fled home after … I, 353). ‘Me from the spot where first I sprang to light Too soon transplanted, ere my soul had fix’d Its first domestic loves; and hence through life Chasing chance-started friendships.’ 3 3 . S.T. Coleridge, ‘To the Rev. George Coleridge’, …
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