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l I propose to consider , as a political writer of this kind , John Adams , the second President of the United States . And I shall suggest , first , that Adams indeed combines perceptiveness in politics with poetic activity , in the ...
l I propose to consider , as a political writer of this kind , John Adams , the second President of the United States . And I shall suggest , first , that Adams indeed combines perceptiveness in politics with poetic activity , in the ...
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Swift comes into Adams's head out of Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes : a a In life's last scene what prodigies surprise , Fears of the brave , and follies of the wise ? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow , And Swift ...
Swift comes into Adams's head out of Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes : a a In life's last scene what prodigies surprise , Fears of the brave , and follies of the wise ? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow , And Swift ...
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The concession which Adams makes here – when he envisages ' the reverse ' proposition – reaches much farther than he seems aware of . For if it is only talented men who are emulous , then emulation and the desire for distinction are not ...
The concession which Adams makes here – when he envisages ' the reverse ' proposition – reaches much farther than he seems aware of . For if it is only talented men who are emulous , then emulation and the desire for distinction are not ...
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Contents
Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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| Title | Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American Literature G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Donald Davie |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0856359793, 9780856359798 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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