Literature and Life, 4. raamatScott, Foresman and Company, 1929 |
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Page 342
... seemed to unfit him for civilized society - his gesticulations , his rollings , his puffings , his mutter- 40 ings , the strange way in which he put on his clothes , the ravenous eagerness with which he devoured his dinner , his fits of ...
... seemed to unfit him for civilized society - his gesticulations , his rollings , his puffings , his mutter- 40 ings , the strange way in which he put on his clothes , the ravenous eagerness with which he devoured his dinner , his fits of ...
Page 464
... seemed more like prose than poetry . The " getting and spending , " the " fen of stagnant waters , ” the blindness of politicians - all seemed far removed from the faith in beauty , in ideals , in the reality of poetic insight into the ...
... seemed more like prose than poetry . The " getting and spending , " the " fen of stagnant waters , ” the blindness of politicians - all seemed far removed from the faith in beauty , in ideals , in the reality of poetic insight into the ...
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... seemed always open . I suppose there never was a writer more indiffer- 10 ent to what people thought of him . He profoundly neglected the press- not with one of those neglects which grow on writers from reading reviews of their own ...
... seemed always open . I suppose there never was a writer more indiffer- 10 ent to what people thought of him . He profoundly neglected the press- not with one of those neglects which grow on writers from reading reviews of their own ...
Contents
FOUNDING THE ENGLISH TRADITION | 7 |
WARRIOR AND MERCHANT OF ANCIENT | 9 |
From Alfred to ChaucerLiterature of | 29 |
Copyright | |
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