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Page 314
... passion to passion , Byron , said the elder poet , had understood himself but dimly . He had possessed , how- ever , ' a high degree of that demonic instinct and attraction , which influences others independently of reason , effort and ...
... passion to passion , Byron , said the elder poet , had understood himself but dimly . He had possessed , how- ever , ' a high degree of that demonic instinct and attraction , which influences others independently of reason , effort and ...
Page 340
... passion un- fulfilled ' . When he wrote Vanity Fair , Major Dobbin's passion for Amelia evidently reproduced his own experience . His first im- portant book , The Yellowplush Correspondence , a collection of lively satirical sketches ...
... passion un- fulfilled ' . When he wrote Vanity Fair , Major Dobbin's passion for Amelia evidently reproduced his own experience . His first im- portant book , The Yellowplush Correspondence , a collection of lively satirical sketches ...
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... passion and passionate perversity ' ; and she chose to believe that , had Emily lived , she would gradually have changed her course , and that ' her mind would have grown up like a strong tree , loftier , straighter , wide - spreading ...
... passion and passionate perversity ' ; and she chose to believe that , had Emily lived , she would gradually have changed her course , and that ' her mind would have grown up like a strong tree , loftier , straighter , wide - spreading ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Age of Chaucer | 16 |
The English Renaissance 335 | 35 |
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