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Page 58
... line brings the surprising image of opalescent cream , and in the unctuous movement of its rhythm , the suggestion of creamy smoothness . All this is given a wry twist in the concluding lines . It is deliberate stimulation for other ...
... line brings the surprising image of opalescent cream , and in the unctuous movement of its rhythm , the suggestion of creamy smoothness . All this is given a wry twist in the concluding lines . It is deliberate stimulation for other ...
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... lines are a true verse letter , full of playful raillery at Miss Blount's expense ; but the raillery is possible only because life in the country is , in fact , in many ways austere , dull , and coarse . This must be particularly ...
... lines are a true verse letter , full of playful raillery at Miss Blount's expense ; but the raillery is possible only because life in the country is , in fact , in many ways austere , dull , and coarse . This must be particularly ...
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... lines of colour mingle harmoniously . This ethereal radiance is related back to the uninter- mitted blood which Quivers in her cheeks and right to her finger - tips ( blood which flushes the snowy whiteness like the tints of dawn ) and ...
... lines of colour mingle harmoniously . This ethereal radiance is related back to the uninter- mitted blood which Quivers in her cheeks and right to her finger - tips ( blood which flushes the snowy whiteness like the tints of dawn ) and ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BEN JONSON Continued | 27 |
ROSALINDS MADRIGAL | 33 |
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