The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
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Page 109
... taken at a purely poetic valuation and judged on that , which ( even though fifteen editions of it sold in as many years after his death ) is still far too often neglected , and , even when not quite neglected , is far too seldom ...
... taken at a purely poetic valuation and judged on that , which ( even though fifteen editions of it sold in as many years after his death ) is still far too often neglected , and , even when not quite neglected , is far too seldom ...
Page 138
... taken him far . The story is well known how , during a visit of Scott to Oxford , Heber added impromptu on a remark from Sir Walter1 the best lines of the rather famous Newdigate which he was about to recite . He added to hymnology some ...
... taken him far . The story is well known how , during a visit of Scott to Oxford , Heber added impromptu on a remark from Sir Walter1 the best lines of the rather famous Newdigate which he was about to recite . He added to hymnology some ...
Page 238
... Taken by itself , this study of a pompous prig is masterly ; but , in Pride and Prejudice , nothing can be taken by itself . The art of the book is so fine that it contains no character which is without effect upon the whole ; and , in ...
... Taken by itself , this study of a pompous prig is masterly ; but , in Pride and Prejudice , nothing can be taken by itself . The art of the book is so fine that it contains no character which is without effect upon the whole ; and , in ...
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