EssaysW. Heinemann, 1896 - 312 էջ |
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... poets and artists . How often does the poet , and the artist too , in autobiographical allusion , speak with absorbing gratitude and devotion of some humble name of which we take no note , as the " fons et origo " to himself of ...
... poets and artists . How often does the poet , and the artist too , in autobiographical allusion , speak with absorbing gratitude and devotion of some humble name of which we take no note , as the " fons et origo " to himself of ...
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... poet , who says " what is best he firmly lights upon , as birds on sprays . " On the other hand we may reasonably doubt what is the exact worth of the cultivation , of the point of view which we meekly accept at the X Preface.
... poet , who says " what is best he firmly lights upon , as birds on sprays . " On the other hand we may reasonably doubt what is the exact worth of the cultivation , of the point of view which we meekly accept at the X Preface.
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... poet , was comparatively sterile . Imagination , the jewel of the soul , had fallen from its elaborate setting . But the more that literature declined , the more sententious grew the critics . Nowadays , when literature is very active ...
... poet , was comparatively sterile . Imagination , the jewel of the soul , had fallen from its elaborate setting . But the more that literature declined , the more sententious grew the critics . Nowadays , when literature is very active ...
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... poet , a Baker , The Common Singing Man , a Bowle - alley , a She - precise Hypocrite , a Trumpeter , a meere Complemental man , Paul's Walk , a Stayed Man , " & c . ; still the character- sketches formed by far the most considerable ...
... poet , a Baker , The Common Singing Man , a Bowle - alley , a She - precise Hypocrite , a Trumpeter , a meere Complemental man , Paul's Walk , a Stayed Man , " & c . ; still the character- sketches formed by far the most considerable ...
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... poet , he seems to say : Oh Thou , who Man of baser earth didst make , And e'en with Paradise devise the Snake , For all the Sin wherewith the face of Man Is blacken'd - Man's forgiveness give - and take . HENRY MORE , THE PLATONIST A ...
... poet , he seems to say : Oh Thou , who Man of baser earth didst make , And e'en with Paradise devise the Snake , For all the Sin wherewith the face of Man Is blacken'd - Man's forgiveness give - and take . HENRY MORE , THE PLATONIST A ...
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