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... and which , though it might perhaps be called a moral virtue , savoured but little of that sublime , Christian - like disposition - that vast elevation of thought , in purity approaching to angelic perfection - to be attained , ...
... and which , though it might perhaps be called a moral virtue , savoured but little of that sublime , Christian - like disposition - that vast elevation of thought , in purity approaching to angelic perfection - to be attained , ...
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... of a sort of person called Justice or called Humanity - perhaps a stately and bigbreasted lady in a Roman toga , such as we can in fact find sculpted on some of our public buildings , often enough with a helpful label carved beneath ...
... of a sort of person called Justice or called Humanity - perhaps a stately and bigbreasted lady in a Roman toga , such as we can in fact find sculpted on some of our public buildings , often enough with a helpful label carved beneath ...
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He who had images or pictures of his ancestors , was called noble . He who had no statue or pictures but his own , was called a new man . Those who had none at all , were ignoble . Compare Johnson , The Vanity of Human Wishes , 11.
He who had images or pictures of his ancestors , was called noble . He who had no statue or pictures but his own , was called a new man . Those who had none at all , were ignoble . Compare Johnson , The Vanity of Human Wishes , 11.
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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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