The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
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Page 114
... seems to have been a conflict in him of the poetical and critical natures . Even his lyrical gift , acknowledged by the best judges among his contemporaries and successors to be extraordinary and constantly shown in The Errors of ...
... seems to have been a conflict in him of the poetical and critical natures . Even his lyrical gift , acknowledged by the best judges among his contemporaries and successors to be extraordinary and constantly shown in The Errors of ...
Page 267
... seems as if it were rather spoken than written . It has the merits of a letter rather than of a book . It seems to represent without omission or concealment the whole mind of the writer . And yet it is a piece of finished art , not ...
... seems as if it were rather spoken than written . It has the merits of a letter rather than of a book . It seems to represent without omission or concealment the whole mind of the writer . And yet it is a piece of finished art , not ...
Page 268
... seems even more certain than that of the personal vindication which followed them after twenty years . Their English is simple , clear and refreshing as pure water ; answering to every changing thought of the speaker's mind . The ...
... seems even more certain than that of the personal vindication which followed them after twenty years . Their English is simple , clear and refreshing as pure water ; answering to every changing thought of the speaker's mind . The ...
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