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trates the truth that all which we find in nature must be created by ourselves : and that alike whether nature is so gorgeous in her beauty as to seem apparelled in her wedding - garment , or so powerless and extinct as to seem palled ...
trates the truth that all which we find in nature must be created by ourselves : and that alike whether nature is so gorgeous in her beauty as to seem apparelled in her wedding - garment , or so powerless and extinct as to seem palled ...
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Mrs. Radcliffe is often romantic in the treatment of nature and the poetry of her natural description . She frequently asserts that life among the simplicities of nature is infinitely preferable to the gaudiness and falsity of cities .
Mrs. Radcliffe is often romantic in the treatment of nature and the poetry of her natural description . She frequently asserts that life among the simplicities of nature is infinitely preferable to the gaudiness and falsity of cities .
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The universe , In Nature's silent eloquence , declares That all fulfil the works of love and joyAll but the outcast , Man . He fabricates The sword which stabs his peace ; he cherisheth The snakes that gnaw his heart ; he raiseth up The ...
The universe , In Nature's silent eloquence , declares That all fulfil the works of love and joyAll but the outcast , Man . He fabricates The sword which stabs his peace ; he cherisheth The snakes that gnaw his heart ; he raiseth up The ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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