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... and precision , the circumstances of its publication , and , if need be , to disarm
criticism by the absence of any thing like pretension on the part of nim whose
posthumous work is now given to the reading world of his own countrymen .
... and precision , the circumstances of its publication , and , if need be , to disarm
criticism by the absence of any thing like pretension on the part of nim whose
posthumous work is now given to the reading world of his own countrymen .
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... of Germany has given to mankind . The literature of France and of Italy , of
Spain , the South of Europe , have their respective claims and attractions .
Besides the modern mind , there is all that , venerable with the age of thousands
of years ...
... of Germany has given to mankind . The literature of France and of Italy , of
Spain , the South of Europe , have their respective claims and attractions .
Besides the modern mind , there is all that , venerable with the age of thousands
of years ...
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Doctor Johnson has given it a place in the English vocabulary , and tells us it
means “ polite literature , ” which does not help the matter much . I should not
have thought it worth while to stop to comment on this term , if I did not believe it
to be ...
Doctor Johnson has given it a place in the English vocabulary , and tells us it
means “ polite literature , ” which does not help the matter much . I should not
have thought it worth while to stop to comment on this term , if I did not believe it
to be ...
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... to many books in which , while the chief object is to impart information of some
kind , power is - given also ; but this is certain that in all literature of a high order
— a nation ' s purest literature , it is power that is given , and not knowledge .
... to many books in which , while the chief object is to impart information of some
kind , power is - given also ; but this is certain that in all literature of a high order
— a nation ' s purest literature , it is power that is given , and not knowledge .
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With regard to the Desdemona model , it must also be remembered that it is not
the only model of womanly character which the poet has left to the world ; on the
contrary , he has given others of equal worth and beauty , varied to the infinite ...
With regard to the Desdemona model , it must also be remembered that it is not
the only model of womanly character which the poet has left to the world ; on the
contrary , he has given others of equal worth and beauty , varied to the infinite ...
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Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to Tennyson Henry Reed Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to Tennyson Henry Reed Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
LECTURES ON ENGLISH LITERATURE, FROM CHAURER TO TENNYSON HENRY REED Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
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