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" Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built, and a stately garden thereunto. And thus ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall. "
The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with ... - Page 115
edited by - 1898
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The Story of Some Famous Books

Frederick Saunders - 1887 - 232 pages
...which he fell asleep in his chair, at the moment he was reading the following sentence in Purchas's Pilgrims : " Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace...thereunto ; and thus ten miles of fertile ground were enclosed with a wall." He continued asleep for three hours, during which time he vividly remembered...
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The Poems of S. T. Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1888 - 330 pages
...following sentence, or words of the same substance, in " Purchas's Pilgrimage:" " Here the Khan Knbla commanded a palace to be built, and a stately garden...and thus ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall." The author continued for about three honrs in a profound sleep, at least of the external...
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Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1888 - 328 pages
...of the same substance, iii " Purchas'a Pilgrimage : " " Here the Khan^Knbla commanded a palace to he built, and a stately garden thereunto: and thus 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...
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The Argosy, Volume 47

Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - 1889 - 548 pages
...reading a book of travels, he fell asleep. The last words he remembered were, " Here the Kubla Khan commanded a palace to be built, and a stately garden...thereunto : and thus ten miles of fertile ground were enclosed with a wall." From this point the poet's mind seems to have gone on. He slept for about three...
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The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Volume 5

1890 - 1372 pages
...by Coleridge of himself, that his fragment entitled Kubla Khan was composed during sleep, which had come upon him in his chair whilst reading the following...vivid impression that he had composed between 200 and 800 lines. The images, he says, " rose up before him as things, with a parallel production of the correspondent...
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The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle

1890 - 798 pages
...at the moment he was reading the following sentence from Purchas' ' Pil" grimage,' ' Here the Kahn Kubla commanded a palace to be built and a stately...thereunto ; and thus ten miles of fertile ground were enclosed with a wall.'" When he awoke he instantly wrote the lines that form the poem, but being interrupted,...
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Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verse for Boys

William Ernest Henley - 1891 - 394 pages
...Dream, avers that, having fallen asleep in his chair over a sentence from Purchas's Pilgrimage — 'Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built and a stately garden thereto ; and thus ten miles of ground were enclosed with a wall,' — he remained unconscious for...
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Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verse for Boys

William Ernest Henley - 1891 - 404 pages
...Dream, avers that, having fallen asleep in his chair over a sentence from Purchas's Pilgrimage — 'Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built and a stately garden thereto ; and thus ten miles of ground were enclosed with a wall,' — he remained unconscious for...
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Cathcart's Literary Reader: A Manual of English Literature : Being Typical ...

George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 pages
...he was reading the following sentence, or words of the same substance, in Purchas's 'Pilgrimage ': ' Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built,...and thus 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...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1893 - 886 pages
...was reading the following sentence, or words of the same substance, in ' Purchas's Pilgrimage' : ' Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built,...And thus ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall.'1 The Author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external...
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