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Page 38
... Reason the Inferior Powers controul . Such were the Numbers which could call The Stones into the Theban wall . Such Miracles are ceast ; and now we see No Towns or Houses rais'd by Poetrie . In a true piece of Wit all things must be 38 ...
... Reason the Inferior Powers controul . Such were the Numbers which could call The Stones into the Theban wall . Such Miracles are ceast ; and now we see No Towns or Houses rais'd by Poetrie . In a true piece of Wit all things must be 38 ...
Page 126
... reason's self , ' a ' reason ' the authority of which Crabbe's matter recognizes as naturally as Sybil recognizes it in the passage quoted . And the last line illustrates the kind of point to which ' wit ' in Crabbe so appropriately ...
... reason's self , ' a ' reason ' the authority of which Crabbe's matter recognizes as naturally as Sybil recognizes it in the passage quoted . And the last line illustrates the kind of point to which ' wit ' in Crabbe so appropriately ...
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... reason Wordsworth may have had for putting it there ) the story of Margaret should also , following , as it does , close upon the descrip- tion of the Wanderer , appear in Book I of The Excursion . It seems to me the finest thing that ...
... reason Wordsworth may have had for putting it there ) the story of Margaret should also , following , as it does , close upon the descrip- tion of the Wanderer , appear in Book I of The Excursion . It seems to me the finest thing that ...
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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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