If the number of these fancied erasures did not startle him;
or if he continued to deem the work by their total omission;
he must advance reasons of no ordinary strength and evidence, reasons
grounded in the essence of human nature.
or if he continued to deem the work by their total omission;
he must advance reasons of no ordinary strength and evidence, reasons
grounded in the essence of human nature.
Coleridge - Biographia Literaria copy