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Indeed , even in his years of power his reason had condemned him : Twelve yeares intire I wasted in this warr , Twelve yeares of my most happy younger dayes , Butt I in them and they now wasted ar , Of all which past the sorrow only ...
Indeed , even in his years of power his reason had condemned him : Twelve yeares intire I wasted in this warr , Twelve yeares of my most happy younger dayes , Butt I in them and they now wasted ar , Of all which past the sorrow only ...
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The Appeals to Men of Reason and Religion and Certain Related Open Letters . Edited by Gerald R. Cragg . Oxford : Clarendon Press ; London : Oxford University Press , 1976 . > This is the first volume to appear of a massive edition of ...
The Appeals to Men of Reason and Religion and Certain Related Open Letters . Edited by Gerald R. Cragg . Oxford : Clarendon Press ; London : Oxford University Press , 1976 . > This is the first volume to appear of a massive edition of ...
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Then did the boy his tongue unlock , And eased his mind with this reply : ' At Kilve there was no weather - cock ; And that's the reason why . ' ( 49-56 ) If we have not taken the point of the earlier stanza , we shall miss the ...
Then did the boy his tongue unlock , And eased his mind with this reply : ' At Kilve there was no weather - cock ; And that's the reason why . ' ( 49-56 ) If we have not taken the point of the earlier stanza , we shall miss 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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