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... tion : And yet , my Lord , this war of opinions , you well know , has fallen out among the writers of all ages , and sometimes betwixt friends . Only it has been prosecuted by some , like pedants , with violence of words , and managed ...
... tion : And yet , my Lord , this war of opinions , you well know , has fallen out among the writers of all ages , and sometimes betwixt friends . Only it has been prosecuted by some , like pedants , with violence of words , and managed ...
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... tion rendered with a compact vividness that only personification could make possible . But there is more to it ( I can't help thinking ) than the compactness of phrasing , splendid as that is . The concep- tion of the universe which ...
... tion rendered with a compact vividness that only personification could make possible . But there is more to it ( I can't help thinking ) than the compactness of phrasing , splendid as that is . The concep- tion of the universe which ...
Page 272
... tion : this latter , even if the object imitated is not in itself pleasant ; for it is not the object itself which here gives delight ; the spectator draws inferences ( " That is a so - and - so ' ) and thus learns something fresh ...
... tion : this latter , even if the object imitated is not in itself pleasant ; for it is not the object itself which here gives delight ; the spectator draws inferences ( " That is a so - and - so ' ) and thus learns something fresh ...
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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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