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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... perhaps , to himself , a certain antique flavour on the form , as well as the substance , of his poem . From the immense poetic licence which this ' mescolanza of measures ' affords , success in its use , even in a strictly metrical ...
... perhaps , to himself , a certain antique flavour on the form , as well as the substance , of his poem . From the immense poetic licence which this ' mescolanza of measures ' affords , success in its use , even in a strictly metrical ...
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... perhaps , will be disposed to cavil very much . Scott here gave the world a glimpse of a new aspect of his genius . In none of his previous poetic tales did he direct special attention to the portrayal of character . With the exception ...
... perhaps , will be disposed to cavil very much . Scott here gave the world a glimpse of a new aspect of his genius . In none of his previous poetic tales did he direct special attention to the portrayal of character . With the exception ...
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... perhaps , as a lyric poet that Scott is seen to best advantage ; though , even in Scotland , his lyric greatness has been rather overlooked . Here , he has been overshadowed by Burns , and he hardly deserves to be so . Necessarily , he ...
... perhaps , as a lyric poet that Scott is seen to best advantage ; though , even in Scotland , his lyric greatness has been rather overlooked . Here , he has been overshadowed by Burns , and he hardly deserves to be so . Necessarily , he ...
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... whom he is thrown into a natural train of communication . For ourselves we can assure the reader - and perhaps if we have been able to afford him amusement it is owing in a great degree 2-2 I ] 19 Comprehensive Sympathies.
... whom he is thrown into a natural train of communication . For ourselves we can assure the reader - and perhaps if we have been able to afford him amusement it is owing in a great degree 2-2 I ] 19 Comprehensive Sympathies.
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... perhaps , less careful about historic accuracy in details ; as he puts it , ' a romancer wants but a hair to make a tether of . ' No such persons , for example , as Rashleigh , or Francis Osbaldistone , or Miss Vernon , or her father ...
... perhaps , less careful about historic accuracy in details ; as he puts it , ' a romancer wants but a hair to make a tether of . ' No such persons , for example , as Rashleigh , or Francis Osbaldistone , or Miss Vernon , or her father ...
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