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... Wordsworth an ambition that proved unmis- takably to be far beyond Wordsworth's powers . If the great design fell so far short of realization , that was not for lack of time or will . This there is no need to argue . What does seem ...
... Wordsworth an ambition that proved unmis- takably to be far beyond Wordsworth's powers . If the great design fell so far short of realization , that was not for lack of time or will . This there is no need to argue . What does seem ...
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... Wordsworth's poetry . And his various prose . remarks about love plainly come from a mind that is completely free from timidity or uneasiness . The phrase just quoted may be found in the Letter to John Wilson ( 1800 ) . Discussing there ...
... Wordsworth's poetry . And his various prose . remarks about love plainly come from a mind that is completely free from timidity or uneasiness . The phrase just quoted may be found in the Letter to John Wilson ( 1800 ) . Discussing there ...
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... Wordsworth's normality and sanity in dealing with such passages as this comes out when we turn from it to , say , Shelley's Mont Blanc or compare Mont Blanc with Wordsworth's Simplon Pass.2 If any one demands a more positive valuation ...
... Wordsworth's normality and sanity in dealing with such passages as this comes out when we turn from it to , say , Shelley's Mont Blanc or compare Mont Blanc with Wordsworth's Simplon Pass.2 If any one demands a more positive valuation ...
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THE LINE OF | 10 |
Note Popes Satiric Modes | 92 |
THE AUGUSTAN TRADITION | 101 |
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