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On the Characters of Women ' on allusions to specific admired paintings by Titian , Guido Reni , Correggio , and others ... Only a trained habit of visualizing on the part of the reader , along with an admiration for paintings and ...
On the Characters of Women ' on allusions to specific admired paintings by Titian , Guido Reni , Correggio , and others ... Only a trained habit of visualizing on the part of the reader , along with an admiration for paintings and ...
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But I am well aware , that in this respect , I am under a disadvantage , and , that many , especially many ladies , missing many turns and prettinesses of expression , that they have admired in Pope , will account my translation in ...
But I am well aware , that in this respect , I am under a disadvantage , and , that many , especially many ladies , missing many turns and prettinesses of expression , that they have admired in Pope , will account my translation in ...
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The occasion was Johnson's ' Life of Prior ' , a poet whom Cowper much admired : His reputation as an author , who , with much labour indeed , but with admirable success , has embellished all his poems with the most charming ease ...
The occasion was Johnson's ' Life of Prior ' , a poet whom Cowper much admired : His reputation as an author , who , with much labour indeed , but with admirable success , has embellished all his poems with the most charming ease ...
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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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