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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... reader , ' his enthusiasm , he remarks , being ' chiefly awakened by the wonderful and the terrible , ' ' the common taste , ' he adds , ' of children but in which I have re- mained a child unto this day . ' In this respect , however ...
... reader , ' his enthusiasm , he remarks , being ' chiefly awakened by the wonderful and the terrible , ' ' the common taste , ' he adds , ' of children but in which I have re- mained a child unto this day . ' In this respect , however ...
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... there , into details that are caviare to the general reader - and it may be granted that the prosaic recital of the savage combat by which the Scotts of Eskdale won their land is an irrelevant interruption 8 [ CH . Sir Walter Scott.
... there , into details that are caviare to the general reader - and it may be granted that the prosaic recital of the savage combat by which the Scotts of Eskdale won their land is an irrelevant interruption 8 [ CH . Sir Walter Scott.
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... readers of the poem in other parts of the empire . Again , though certain critics may be so far right in pronouncing canto vi a kind of superfluity - for the fine description of the wailing music of the harper's requiem would have ...
... readers of the poem in other parts of the empire . Again , though certain critics may be so far right in pronouncing canto vi a kind of superfluity - for the fine description of the wailing music of the harper's requiem would have ...
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... reader resents the distinction thus con- ferred on the double - hearted hero by the glowing and minute account of his individual fate when cardinal national issues are hanging in the balance . While the fortunes of Lord Marmion are ...
... reader resents the distinction thus con- ferred on the double - hearted hero by the glowing and minute account of his individual fate when cardinal national issues are hanging in the balance . While the fortunes of Lord Marmion are ...
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... readers , a very fascinating poetic tale . Though it may even verge , occasionally , on rodomontade , though its representations of personalities are rather slight and superficial and , in some instances , a little stagey , there is ...
... readers , a very fascinating poetic tale . Though it may even verge , occasionally , on rodomontade , though its representations of personalities are rather slight and superficial and , in some instances , a little stagey , there is ...
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