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Page 124
( p.443 ) On the other hand , a plain admission of confusion deserves a helping hand : - Phil . ... This point I thought had been already determined . Hyl . I own it was ; but you will pardon me if I seem a little embarrassed : I know ...
( p.443 ) On the other hand , a plain admission of confusion deserves a helping hand : - Phil . ... This point I thought had been already determined . Hyl . I own it was ; but you will pardon me if I seem a little embarrassed : I know ...
Page 162
On his left hand shall be those who are shortly to dwell in ' everlasting fire , prepared for the devil and his ... it may not be said in that hour : ' These have perished in their inquity ; but their blood I require at thy hands .
On his left hand shall be those who are shortly to dwell in ' everlasting fire , prepared for the devil and his ... it may not be said in that hour : ' These have perished in their inquity ; but their blood I require at thy hands .
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On the other hand , the clumsy and improbable plot of Marmion , though it is irritating , is less so in verse than it would have been in prose . In The Lay of the Last Minstrel the story is so slight and simple , so patently only the ...
On the other hand , the clumsy and improbable plot of Marmion , though it is irritating , is less so in verse than it would have been in prose . In The Lay of the Last Minstrel the story is so slight and simple , so patently only the ...
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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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