Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... criticism of the ages . A piece of literature may be judged in two ways , absolutely or relatively ; and , while it is true that every work of art has eventually to make its appeal absolutely and in isolation , it is even truer that the ...
... criticism of the ages . A piece of literature may be judged in two ways , absolutely or relatively ; and , while it is true that every work of art has eventually to make its appeal absolutely and in isolation , it is even truer that the ...
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... criticism over his Prefaces with very little parsi- mony ; but , though he sometimes condescended to be somewhat familiar , his manner was in general too scholastick for those who had yet their rudiments to learn , and found it not easy ...
... criticism over his Prefaces with very little parsi- mony ; but , though he sometimes condescended to be somewhat familiar , his manner was in general too scholastick for those who had yet their rudiments to learn , and found it not easy ...
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... Criticism AMERICAN CRITICISM . Representative Literary Essays . Chosen by Norman Foerster ( 354 ) . COLERIDGE ( S. T. ) Lectures on Shakespeare ( 363 ) . ENGLISH CRITICAL ESSAYS . Selected and edited by Edmund D. Jones . 2 volumes : I ...
... Criticism AMERICAN CRITICISM . Representative Literary Essays . Chosen by Norman Foerster ( 354 ) . COLERIDGE ( S. T. ) Lectures on Shakespeare ( 363 ) . ENGLISH CRITICAL ESSAYS . Selected and edited by Edmund D. Jones . 2 volumes : I ...
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