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Page 130
And when we read works which are eloquent and candid as well , such as the Three Dialogues or Johnson's review of Soame Jenyns , ' it is hard not to think that the literary pleasure these afford , to just the degree that it is less ...
And when we read works which are eloquent and candid as well , such as the Three Dialogues or Johnson's review of Soame Jenyns , ' it is hard not to think that the literary pleasure these afford , to just the degree that it is less ...
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In England , I am afraid , we have become unused to literary scholars undertaking and carrying through original researches on this scale , especially when the scholar is a full - time teacher , as Dr Erskine - Hill is .
In England , I am afraid , we have become unused to literary scholars undertaking and carrying through original researches on this scale , especially when the scholar is a full - time teacher , as Dr Erskine - Hill is .
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And I hope I have shown that when Zoltan Haraszti had “ the feeling of having discovered a literary treasure ' , he ought to have trusted that feeling . His discovery that the Discourses , when they depart from Davila , rest on a ...
And I hope I have shown that when Zoltan Haraszti had “ the feeling of having discovered a literary treasure ' , he ought to have trusted that feeling . His discovery that the Discourses , when they depart from Davila , rest on a ...
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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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