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... taken means no more than to breathe or blow in : nothing therefore can be inspired but what can be blown or breathed , and nothing can be so but Wind or Vapour , which indeed may fill or puff up Men with fanatical and hypocondriacal ...
... taken means no more than to breathe or blow in : nothing therefore can be inspired but what can be blown or breathed , and nothing can be so but Wind or Vapour , which indeed may fill or puff up Men with fanatical and hypocondriacal ...
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... taken from beneath , / And but refin'd from earth ' . And this is disappointing : ' taken from beneath ' has a disconcertingly constrictive literal sense to it ; and for ' refin'd ' ( ' refin'd from earth ' ) there is no warrant in the ...
... taken from beneath , / And but refin'd from earth ' . And this is disappointing : ' taken from beneath ' has a disconcertingly constrictive literal sense to it ; and for ' refin'd ' ( ' refin'd from earth ' ) there is no warrant in the ...
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... taken ' . But in periods such as our own , or Bryant's , when the genres are being reshuffled so that they are no longer mutually exclusive , the poet finds it much harder , not just to hold , but to direct the reader's attention , so ...
... taken ' . But in periods such as our own , or Bryant's , when the genres are being reshuffled so that they are no longer mutually exclusive , the poet finds it much harder , not just to hold , but to direct the reader's attention , so ...
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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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