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... letters , and these tell the truth , almost the whole truth . Sometimes the letters contradict the sentiment of the poem , and in such cases it is the letters which must be believed . There is an important example of this dating from ...
... letters , and these tell the truth , almost the whole truth . Sometimes the letters contradict the sentiment of the poem , and in such cases it is the letters which must be believed . There is an important example of this dating from ...
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... ( Letter to Anna Seward , Sept. 1806 , Letters , I , p . 322. ) Another book which fired his imagination at the age of twelve was Bishop Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry , and in 1801 he wrote to the bishop that he could well remember ...
... ( Letter to Anna Seward , Sept. 1806 , Letters , I , p . 322. ) Another book which fired his imagination at the age of twelve was Bishop Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry , and in 1801 he wrote to the bishop that he could well remember ...
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... letter continued through pages of erudition , and it is easy to see how it was that Scott was soon regarded as the leading authority on such matters . ( Letter to Rev. R. Polwhele , 27 Jan. 1804 , Letters , p . 207. ) 1 Another letter ...
... letter continued through pages of erudition , and it is easy to see how it was that Scott was soon regarded as the leading authority on such matters . ( Letter to Rev. R. Polwhele , 27 Jan. 1804 , Letters , p . 207. ) 1 Another letter ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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