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... human temperament and human behaviour . Accordingly this word implies , if we scrutinize it closely , an identity between the world of physical medicine and the world of the human spirit . But of course we do not scrutinize it closely ...
... human temperament and human behaviour . Accordingly this word implies , if we scrutinize it closely , an identity between the world of physical medicine and the world of the human spirit . But of course we do not scrutinize it closely ...
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... human control or perhaps of human consciousness . We may in our considered opinion reject a view of Nature thus at the mercy of largely inscrutable energies running wild ; but my point is that not just our poetry , but our very language ...
... human control or perhaps of human consciousness . We may in our considered opinion reject a view of Nature thus at the mercy of largely inscrutable energies running wild ; but my point is that not just our poetry , but our very language ...
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... Human Wishes : 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 expires a driv'ler and a show . As the latest editors austerely ...
... Human Wishes : 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 expires a driv'ler and a show . As the latest editors austerely ...
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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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