The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
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Page 93
... things . ' Abstractions distinguishable from beauty- nature , liberty , love - and truths with which imagination had little to do , counted for as much , or more , with both ; and beauty itself is with neither of them so comprehensive ...
... things . ' Abstractions distinguishable from beauty- nature , liberty , love - and truths with which imagination had little to do , counted for as much , or more , with both ; and beauty itself is with neither of them so comprehensive ...
Page 111
... things are poetry : and this was a poet . ' Merely as a serious poet , Praed holds a far lower place than Hood ; in fact , with one doubtful exception , to be noticed presently , he has nothing at all to compare with The Haunted House ...
... things are poetry : and this was a poet . ' Merely as a serious poet , Praed holds a far lower place than Hood ; in fact , with one doubtful exception , to be noticed presently , he has nothing at all to compare with The Haunted House ...
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... things of the kind is conclusive . It has been parodied not merely in one famous instance by Barham , but again and again ; it was made the subject of a most ingenious mystification by father Prout ; it may be cavilled at by merely ...
... things of the kind is conclusive . It has been parodied not merely in one famous instance by Barham , but again and again ; it was made the subject of a most ingenious mystification by father Prout ; it may be cavilled at by merely ...
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