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... grace . There is no reason why they should be remembered , except by professed inquirers into the antiquities of our literature ; they were usually clumsy and awkward , sometimes grotesque , often affected , always hopelessly wanting in ...
... grace . There is no reason why they should be remembered , except by professed inquirers into the antiquities of our literature ; they were usually clumsy and awkward , sometimes grotesque , often affected , always hopelessly wanting in ...
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... grace and music was of his own finding : no one of his own time , except in occasional and fitful snatches , like stanzas of Sackville's , had shown him the way . Thus equipped , he entered the student world , then full of pedantic and ...
... grace and music was of his own finding : no one of his own time , except in occasional and fitful snatches , like stanzas of Sackville's , had shown him the way . Thus equipped , he entered the student world , then full of pedantic and ...
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... grace in 1577 , and when it was not quite safe to praise a great man under the displeasure of the Court , Grindal is the person whom Spenser first singled out for his warmest and heartiest praise . He is introduced under a thin dis ...
... grace in 1577 , and when it was not quite safe to praise a great man under the displeasure of the Court , Grindal is the person whom Spenser first singled out for his warmest and heartiest praise . He is introduced under a thin dis ...
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Richard William Church. right , and his passionate appreciation of every charm and grace . He shows no signs of agreement with the internal characteristics of the puritans , their distinguishing theolo- gy , their peculiarities of ...
Richard William Church. right , and his passionate appreciation of every charm and grace . He shows no signs of agreement with the internal characteristics of the puritans , their distinguishing theolo- gy , their peculiarities of ...
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... grace and maj- esty and suggestiveness of sound and rhythm , such as makes a musician . And whether he knew it or not , his mind was in reality made up , as to what his English poe- try was to be . In spite of opinions and fashions ...
... grace and maj- esty and suggestiveness of sound and rhythm , such as makes a musician . And whether he knew it or not , his mind was in reality made up , as to what his English poe- try was to be . In spite of opinions and fashions ...
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