The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
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... expression , either in the splendid , or in the simple , style . Casabianca is less unequal in itself , but is on a lower level ; and , so far as expression goes , the equally wellknown Better Land is lower still , though it is ...
... expression , either in the splendid , or in the simple , style . Casabianca is less unequal in itself , but is on a lower level ; and , so far as expression goes , the equally wellknown Better Land is lower still , though it is ...
Page 191
... expression ; Chapman ' perhaps approaches nearest to Shakspeare in the descriptive and didactic , in passages which are less purely dramatic . ' The funeral dirge in Webster's White Devil challenges comparison with ' Full fathom five ...
... expression ; Chapman ' perhaps approaches nearest to Shakspeare in the descriptive and didactic , in passages which are less purely dramatic . ' The funeral dirge in Webster's White Devil challenges comparison with ' Full fathom five ...
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... expression , tone , the twentieth century presents a piquant contrast to the severity of sixty years ago . If theologians still think seriously , they are wont to write flippantly . To the trac- tarians , the manner reflected the ...
... expression , tone , the twentieth century presents a piquant contrast to the severity of sixty years ago . If theologians still think seriously , they are wont to write flippantly . To the trac- tarians , the manner reflected the ...
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