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If we had been made to wait for the object of ' admir'd ' until after admiration had been distinguished from fear and the distinction elaborated on , a powerful suspense would have been built up . Instead the narrative run is halted ...
If we had been made to wait for the object of ' admir'd ' until after admiration had been distinguished from fear and the distinction elaborated on , a powerful suspense would have been built up . Instead the narrative run is halted ...
Page 100
Our emancipation from this world of thought is signalized in the distinction we make between ' spirituous ' ( used of spirits like alcohol , which are material ) and ' spiritual ( used of spirits which are immaterial ) .
Our emancipation from this world of thought is signalized in the distinction we make between ' spirituous ' ( used of spirits like alcohol , which are material ) and ' spiritual ( used of spirits which are immaterial ) .
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For if it is only talented men who are emulous , then emulation and the desire for distinction are not such universal appetites as he elsewhere in his treatise supposes . But in any case there is a more horrifying possibility , which ...
For if it is only talented men who are emulous , then emulation and the desire for distinction are not such universal appetites as he elsewhere in his treatise supposes . But in any case there is a more horrifying possibility , which ...
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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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