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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... true , his relations with his immediate literary predecessors were much more intimate . Though his tales derive something of their romantic flavour from his familiarity with the older romance writers - both in prose and verse he was ...
... true , his relations with his immediate literary predecessors were much more intimate . Though his tales derive something of their romantic flavour from his familiarity with the older romance writers - both in prose and verse he was ...
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... true romantic inspiration ; ardent clan loyalty is consummately blended with savage warrior sentiment in the boat chorus Hail to the Chief ; and it would be difficult to overpraise the condensed passion of the coronach . Of Rokeby ...
... true romantic inspiration ; ardent clan loyalty is consummately blended with savage warrior sentiment in the boat chorus Hail to the Chief ; and it would be difficult to overpraise the condensed passion of the coronach . Of Rokeby ...
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... True , rapidity of production was one of his special gifts . It was rendered possible by his previous mastery of his materials and the possession of a nervous system which it was almost im- possible to tire ; and , in his case , the ...
... True , rapidity of production was one of his special gifts . It was rendered possible by his previous mastery of his materials and the possession of a nervous system which it was almost im- possible to tire ; and , in his case , the ...
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... ' if what was whispered and muttered and murmured was true , I was unfit for England ; if false , England was unfit for me . ' He accordingly left England for the continent in May 1816 , and never returned 32 [ CH . Byron.
... ' if what was whispered and muttered and murmured was true , I was unfit for England ; if false , England was unfit for me . ' He accordingly left England for the continent in May 1816 , and never returned 32 [ CH . Byron.
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... true perspective , has been that nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it . The ardent wish of Greece was that his body should be buried in the temple of Theseus at Athens , and thus remain in the land for which he had laid ...
... true perspective , has been that nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it . The ardent wish of Greece was that his body should be buried in the temple of Theseus at Athens , and thus remain in the land for which he had laid ...
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