Lectures on the English Poets, and the English Comic WritersBell, 1869 - 232 páginas |
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... once : " No wher so besy a man as he ther n'as , And yet he semed besier than he was . ' " " The Frankelein , in " whose hous it snewed of mete and drinke ; " the Shipman , " who rode upon a rouncie , as he couthe ; " the Doctour of ...
... once : " No wher so besy a man as he ther n'as , And yet he semed besier than he was . ' " " The Frankelein , in " whose hous it snewed of mete and drinke ; " the Shipman , " who rode upon a rouncie , as he couthe ; " the Doctour of ...
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... once embodies airy beings , and throws a delicious veil over all actual objects . The two worlds of reality and of fiction are poised on the wings of his imagination . His ideas , indeed , seem more distinct than his perceptions . He is ...
... once embodies airy beings , and throws a delicious veil over all actual objects . The two worlds of reality and of fiction are poised on the wings of his imagination . His ideas , indeed , seem more distinct than his perceptions . He is ...
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... once the most smooth and the most sounding in the language . It is a labyrinth of sweet sounds , " in many a winding bout of linked sweetness long drawn out , " that would cloy by their very sweetness , but that the ear is constantly ...
... once the most smooth and the most sounding in the language . It is a labyrinth of sweet sounds , " in many a winding bout of linked sweetness long drawn out , " that would cloy by their very sweetness , but that the ear is constantly ...
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... once well done , constantly leads to something better . What is mechanical , reducible to rule , or capable of demonstration , is progressive , and admits of gradual improvement : what is not mechanical , or definite , but depends on ...
... once well done , constantly leads to something better . What is mechanical , reducible to rule , or capable of demonstration , is progressive , and admits of gradual improvement : what is not mechanical , or definite , but depends on ...
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... once from infancy to manhood , from the first rude dawn of invention to their meridian height and dazzling lustre , and have in general declined ever after . This is the peculiar distinction and privilege of each , of science and of art ...
... once from infancy to manhood , from the first rude dawn of invention to their meridian height and dazzling lustre , and have in general declined ever after . This is the peculiar distinction and privilege of each , of science and of art ...
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