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Page 58
... moral grandeur , moral force ; but he is , for the purposes of his under- taking , disastrously single - minded and simple - minded . He reveals everywhere a dominating sense of righteous- ness and a complete incapacity to question or ...
... moral grandeur , moral force ; but he is , for the purposes of his under- taking , disastrously single - minded and simple - minded . He reveals everywhere a dominating sense of righteous- ness and a complete incapacity to question or ...
Page 83
... moral values . ' An understanding of basic moral values ' is not a claim one need be concerned to make for a poet , but that Pope's relation to the ' basic moral values ' of the civilization he belonged to was no mere matter of formal ...
... moral values . ' An understanding of basic moral values ' is not a claim one need be concerned to make for a poet , but that Pope's relation to the ' basic moral values ' of the civilization he belonged to was no mere matter of formal ...
Page 117
... moral sense in the ordinary meaning of ' morality ' : Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes , And pause awhile from letters , to be wise . Both the professional and the moralist are felt in the characteristic weight that makes ...
... moral sense in the ordinary meaning of ' morality ' : Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes , And pause awhile from letters , to be wise . Both the professional and the moralist are felt in the characteristic weight that makes ...
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Revaluation: Tradition & Development in English Poetry F R (Frank Raymond) 1895-1 Leavis No preview available - 2021 |
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