The Cambridge History of English Literature: The nineteenth century. ISir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller The University Press, 1915 - English literature |
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... mind with the antiquities of his native place that I cannot now revisit them without feeling as if I were treading on his gravestone . ' He was also favoured , in no small degree , by his border descent and prepossessions and an early ...
... mind with the antiquities of his native place that I cannot now revisit them without feeling as if I were treading on his gravestone . ' He was also favoured , in no small degree , by his border descent and prepossessions and an early ...
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... mind and left an indelible imprint upon his subsequent work as a poet . The letters which he wrote at this time furnish a singularly vivid record of the gay life of Spanish cities , the oriental feudalism of Ali pasha's Albanian court ...
... mind and left an indelible imprint upon his subsequent work as a poet . The letters which he wrote at this time furnish a singularly vivid record of the gay life of Spanish cities , the oriental feudalism of Ali pasha's Albanian court ...
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... mind naturally prone to melan- choly , and equally prone to hide that melancholy beneath a mask of cynicism . Knowing only too well the hollowness of the world of English fashion under the regency , he looked upon the fit of virtuous ...
... mind naturally prone to melan- choly , and equally prone to hide that melancholy beneath a mask of cynicism . Knowing only too well the hollowness of the world of English fashion under the regency , he looked upon the fit of virtuous ...
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... mind of England and of Europe . Wordsworth and Coleridge had found inspiration in the large faiths and regener- ating principles which called into being the French revolution ; Byron and Shelley , on the other hand , produced their most ...
... mind of England and of Europe . Wordsworth and Coleridge had found inspiration in the large faiths and regener- ating principles which called into being the French revolution ; Byron and Shelley , on the other hand , produced their most ...
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... mind was the romantic verse- tale . The Giaour , The Bride of Abydos , The Corsair , Lara , The Siege of Corinth and Parisina all fall within this period ; they were written in hot haste , partly to satisfy the public taste for work of ...
... mind was the romantic verse- tale . The Giaour , The Bride of Abydos , The Corsair , Lara , The Siege of Corinth and Parisina all fall within this period ; they were written in hot haste , partly to satisfy the public taste for work of ...
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