Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to TennysonJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1863 - 387 Seiten |
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... present themselves to a mind willing , at least , if not zealous , for such culture . The first inquiry that presents itself is , " What books does it behoove me to know ? " The docile question is , " What am I to read ? " A world of ...
... present themselves to a mind willing , at least , if not zealous , for such culture . The first inquiry that presents itself is , " What books does it behoove me to know ? " The docile question is , " What am I to read ? " A world of ...
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... present some thoughts and suggestions with a view to the surmounting of these difficulties , and to guidance into the department of English literature . I propose now to consider the general principles of iterature , and in the next ...
... present some thoughts and suggestions with a view to the surmounting of these difficulties , and to guidance into the department of English literature . I propose now to consider the general principles of iterature , and in the next ...
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... present purpose is to consider this one agency - lite- rature - as a means of culture of character , manly and womanly ; but , at the same time , let it be borne in mind . that nothing conduces more to the well - being and strength of ...
... present purpose is to consider this one agency - lite- rature - as a means of culture of character , manly and womanly ; but , at the same time , let it be borne in mind . that nothing conduces more to the well - being and strength of ...
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... present subject , and having ascertained that its prime quality is its power of addressing itself to man as man , let us now see for what purpose it so deals with our common humanity , that we may have a principle to guide us in our ...
... present subject , and having ascertained that its prime quality is its power of addressing itself to man as man , let us now see for what purpose it so deals with our common humanity , that we may have a principle to guide us in our ...
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... in its connection with my present subject . Let me say , in the first place , that I question whether it is proper , or even practicable , so to detach womanhood from our common human nature as 4 * PRINCIPLES OF LITERATURE . 41.
... in its connection with my present subject . Let me say , in the first place , that I question whether it is proper , or even practicable , so to detach womanhood from our common human nature as 4 * PRINCIPLES OF LITERATURE . 41.
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