Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English PoetsMacmillan, 1856 - 475 pages |
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... Called not incontinent his shifts to mind . First he became a long - maned lion grim ; A dragon then , a panther , a huge boar , A limpid stream , and an o'ershadowing tree . We , persevering , held him ; till , at length , The subtle ...
... Called not incontinent his shifts to mind . First he became a long - maned lion grim ; A dragon then , a panther , a huge boar , A limpid stream , and an o'ershadowing tree . We , persevering , held him ; till , at length , The subtle ...
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... called the spiritual element in human nature . It was Shakespeare's use , as it seems to us , to revert often , when alone , to that ultimate mood of the soul , in which one hovers wistfully on the borders of the finite , vainly ...
... called the spiritual element in human nature . It was Shakespeare's use , as it seems to us , to revert often , when alone , to that ultimate mood of the soul , in which one hovers wistfully on the borders of the finite , vainly ...
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... called London , the seventeenth century , and woody Warwickshire ! So he may have said ; and he acted accordingly . He walked amid the woods of Warwick- shire , and listened to the birds singing in their leafy retreats ; he entered the ...
... called London , the seventeenth century , and woody Warwickshire ! So he may have said ; and he acted accordingly . He walked amid the woods of Warwick- shire , and listened to the birds singing in their leafy retreats ; he entered the ...
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... called abstractions , of metaphysicizing bit by bit amid the real , is almost an essential feature in the constitution of men who are remarkable for their faith in social progress . It was precisely , therefore , because Shakespeare was ...
... called abstractions , of metaphysicizing bit by bit amid the real , is almost an essential feature in the constitution of men who are remarkable for their faith in social progress . It was precisely , therefore , because Shakespeare was ...
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... called , Goethe has left behind him numerous prose - writings , ranking under very different heads , abounding with such deep and wise maxims and per- ceptions , in reference to all things under the sun , as would have entitled him ...
... called , Goethe has left behind him numerous prose - writings , ranking under very different heads , abounding with such deep and wise maxims and per- ceptions , in reference to all things under the sun , as would have entitled him ...
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