Herman Melville's Clarel: A Spiritual Autobiography |
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... Mixed Essays , Irish Essays and Others ( New York , 1883 ) , pp . 73-106 . Irving Babbitt sees it simply as de rigeur for Romanticists to be drawn to the Roman Catholic Church because of the aesthetic appeal of the rites and ceremonies ...
... Mixed Essays , Irish Essays and Others ( New York , 1883 ) , pp . 73-106 . Irving Babbitt sees it simply as de rigeur for Romanticists to be drawn to the Roman Catholic Church because of the aesthetic appeal of the rites and ceremonies ...
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