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... characteristic transmutation examined in the note on Matthew Arnold . Shelley represents most nearly in the period ( if we leave out Blake ) the complete rejection of the past , and he at the same time ( so contrasting with Blake ) ...
... characteristic transmutation examined in the note on Matthew Arnold . Shelley represents most nearly in the period ( if we leave out Blake ) the complete rejection of the past , and he at the same time ( so contrasting with Blake ) ...
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... characteristic faults , but it has his characteristic virtues . It is of its essence to be in a mode remote from any form of wit . ' It is completely successful , yet we feel that its poise is an extremely delicate , almost a precarious ...
... characteristic faults , but it has his characteristic virtues . It is of its essence to be in a mode remote from any form of wit . ' It is completely successful , yet we feel that its poise is an extremely delicate , almost a precarious ...
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... characteristic move- ment - inert ' only by comparison and in immediate effect , while the ear has not yet dropped the habit of expectancy brought away from the first version . The new verse moves line by line , the characteristic ...
... characteristic move- ment - inert ' only by comparison and in immediate effect , while the ear has not yet dropped the habit of expectancy brought away from the first version . The new verse moves line by line , the characteristic ...
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