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... seems to say that Ralegh and Spenser , each with a poem in honour of the Queen , went to court together from Ireland . Spenser got little out of it and returned to Ireland ; but the trick . worked for Ralegh and he was back in high ...
... seems to say that Ralegh and Spenser , each with a poem in honour of the Queen , went to court together from Ireland . Spenser got little out of it and returned to Ireland ; but the trick . worked for Ralegh and he was back in high ...
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... seems to be artless , while others , notably Neander- Dryden himself , suppose it more natural the more artificial it is . This last contention , which seems only a tiresome paradox to the modern mind , is of course at the bottom of all ...
... seems to be artless , while others , notably Neander- Dryden himself , suppose it more natural the more artificial it is . This last contention , which seems only a tiresome paradox to the modern mind , is of course at the bottom of all ...
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... seems preferable on many counts not only because it is , as Dr Luce and others have shown , consonant with the argument of Berkeley's Principles ; but also because it is consonant with the tone of his writing there , which is the tone ...
... seems preferable on many counts not only because it is , as Dr Luce and others have shown , consonant with the argument of Berkeley's Principles ; but also because it is consonant with the tone of his writing there , which is the tone ...
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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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