Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1Garland Pub., 1970 - English literature |
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Page 167
... immediately for the spot whence the rays appeared to stream . The light , as he advanced , glowed steady and brilliant , but required more time and effort to attain than he expected , for having left the common , he was now amid ...
... immediately for the spot whence the rays appeared to stream . The light , as he advanced , glowed steady and brilliant , but required more time and effort to attain than he expected , for having left the common , he was now amid ...
Page 217
... immediately perceived that Johnson has misled the public , that the idea he would insinuate is totally un- founded , and that few subjects can boast a greater variety of materials , or more calculated for poetic ornament than the Fleece ...
... immediately perceived that Johnson has misled the public , that the idea he would insinuate is totally un- founded , and that few subjects can boast a greater variety of materials , or more calculated for poetic ornament than the Fleece ...
Page 386
... immediately ensues . The poet next hastens to describe the descent into the regions of Death whither Christ , borne on the wings of angels , is instantly conveyed . Here , prostrate at the throne of that formi- dable phantom , whose ...
... immediately ensues . The poet next hastens to describe the descent into the regions of Death whither Christ , borne on the wings of angels , is instantly conveyed . Here , prostrate at the throne of that formi- dable phantom , whose ...
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