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Page 179
... learned in them - or , for that matter , of the intellectual capability of those who went there . A year's revenue ... learned - if they have indeed learned them , as they seldom have . ' The whole passage is sizzling with ...
... learned in them - or , for that matter , of the intellectual capability of those who went there . A year's revenue ... learned - if they have indeed learned them , as they seldom have . ' The whole passage is sizzling with ...
Page 278
... learned : more than he did desire ' . For a man with such inexhaustible inner resources as he had he would not wish to be bored by those with markedly fewer . ' He had a deli- cate tunable voice and had good skill ; his father ...
... learned : more than he did desire ' . For a man with such inexhaustible inner resources as he had he would not wish to be bored by those with markedly fewer . ' He had a deli- cate tunable voice and had good skill ; his father ...
Page 285
... learned and bookish ; his one relaxation , music , a self - regarding one . Naturally he has not the endless variety of Shakespeare , instinctively versed in the knowledge of the ways of men . Both , however , have univer- sality ...
... learned and bookish ; his one relaxation , music , a self - regarding one . Naturally he has not the endless variety of Shakespeare , instinctively versed in the knowledge of the ways of men . Both , however , have univer- sality ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
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