Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page xiii
... expression of its kind uttered in and approved by a generation of men most eagerly interested in the literary art : an expression , accordingly , of the highest value and importance from an historical point of view . We endeavour , then ...
... expression of its kind uttered in and approved by a generation of men most eagerly interested in the literary art : an expression , accordingly , of the highest value and importance from an historical point of view . We endeavour , then ...
Page xvii
... expression , and a prophet of kindly wisdom . Above all , he shows in every thought and reflection the full - orbed quality of a powerful and manly character , a typical Englishman of a strenuous and true - hearted generation . And when ...
... expression , and a prophet of kindly wisdom . Above all , he shows in every thought and reflection the full - orbed quality of a powerful and manly character , a typical Englishman of a strenuous and true - hearted generation . And when ...
Page 232
... expressions to new purposes . It seems better turned than the odes of Hannes . To the poem on Cider , written in ... expression was , that there were many books written on the same subject in prose , which do not contain so much ...
... expressions to new purposes . It seems better turned than the odes of Hannes . To the poem on Cider , written in ... expression was , that there were many books written on the same subject in prose , which do not contain so much ...
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