Lectures on English Literature, from Chaucer to TennysonClaxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869 - 411 Seiten |
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... admiration may prove a guide into some re- gion of literature where the mind shall dwell with satis- faction and delight for years to come . But there is a demand for something more systematic than such chance culture as I have alluded ...
... admiration may prove a guide into some re- gion of literature where the mind shall dwell with satis- faction and delight for years to come . But there is a demand for something more systematic than such chance culture as I have alluded ...
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... admirable in imagination and in the true philosophy of criticism , and yet uttered in conversation in the easy , natural inter- course of society . Such should be the culture of woman , and such the tone of society , that these fine ...
... admirable in imagination and in the true philosophy of criticism , and yet uttered in conversation in the easy , natural inter- course of society . Such should be the culture of woman , and such the tone of society , that these fine ...
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... admiration of these essays ? How can he be assured that they are going to endure in our litera- ture , and that their attractions are rightful attractions ? I myself believe that they will prove perishable , because the pungency of a ...
... admiration of these essays ? How can he be assured that they are going to endure in our litera- ture , and that their attractions are rightful attractions ? I myself believe that they will prove perishable , because the pungency of a ...
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... admiration has grown by culture ample enough to know and to feel the power of the poetry of the past , is qualified to speak in judgment of the poetry of the pre- sent . That this or that poem pleases him , who knows the present only ...
... admiration has grown by culture ample enough to know and to feel the power of the poetry of the past , is qualified to speak in judgment of the poetry of the pre- sent . That this or that poem pleases him , who knows the present only ...
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... admirable specimen of the essay writing of our day . " There is , " it is remarked , " a very refined use which reading is put to ; namely , to counteract the particular evils and tempta- tions of our callings , the original ...
... admirable specimen of the essay writing of our day . " There is , " it is remarked , " a very refined use which reading is put to ; namely , to counteract the particular evils and tempta- tions of our callings , the original ...
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