Lectures on English Literature, from Chaucer to TennysonClaxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869 - 411 Seiten |
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... means , I think , difficult , when once we see the necessity of making the discrimination . Books that are technical , that are professional , that are sectarian , are not litera- ture in the proper sense of the term . The great charac ...
... means , I think , difficult , when once we see the necessity of making the discrimination . Books that are technical , that are professional , that are sectarian , are not litera- ture in the proper sense of the term . The great charac ...
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... means " polite literature , " which does not help the matter much . I should not have thought it worth while to stop to comment on this term , if I did not believe it to be not only vague and inadequate , but also mischievous ; and it ...
... means " polite literature , " which does not help the matter much . I should not have thought it worth while to stop to comment on this term , if I did not believe it to be not only vague and inadequate , but also mischievous ; and it ...
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... 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 the soul than to keep it open to all the healthful in- fluences which ...
... 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 the soul than to keep it open to all the healthful in- fluences which ...
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... mean not to enter , but only to touch upon 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 ...
... mean not to enter , but only to touch upon 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 ...
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... mean , in form , not in spirit . Let him , therefore , turn to the other Essay - writing of our own times , ( and it has been a large outlet for the con- temporary mind , ) the essays of Southey , of Scott , of Washington Irving , the ...
... mean , in form , not in spirit . Let him , therefore , turn to the other Essay - writing of our own times , ( and it has been a large outlet for the con- temporary mind , ) the essays of Southey , of Scott , of Washington Irving , the ...
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