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We marvel often at finding how , under the light of wise criticism , new powers
and new beauties are made visible to our minds in books the most familiar . I
have thus alluded , at the outset , to the importance of the guidance which we
may ...
We marvel often at finding how , under the light of wise criticism , new powers
and new beauties are made visible to our minds in books the most familiar . I
have thus alluded , at the outset , to the importance of the guidance which we
may ...
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Secular literature , in its various departments , and sacred literature , casting its
lights into the life beyond , both are at hand with the boundless exuberance of
their stores . There is the great multitude of books in our own English words ;
there is ...
Secular literature , in its various departments , and sacred literature , casting its
lights into the life beyond , both are at hand with the boundless exuberance of
their stores . There is the great multitude of books in our own English words ;
there is ...
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This is true of even the light and more perishable literature , recreating and
gladdening the hearts of men , if but for a season ; and it is more lastingly true of
the higher literature — for instance , our abundant and varied English essay -
literature ...
This is true of even the light and more perishable literature , recreating and
gladdening the hearts of men , if but for a season ; and it is more lastingly true of
the higher literature — for instance , our abundant and varied English essay -
literature ...
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... page displays its great gallery of historic portraits : it is for all , that Arnold , in
our own day , has shown how a mighty historian can throw a sacred light over
profane history , by tracing God ' s providence in the annals of a pagan people .
... page displays its great gallery of historic portraits : it is for all , that Arnold , in
our own day , has shown how a mighty historian can throw a sacred light over
profane history , by tracing God ' s providence in the annals of a pagan people .
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... at large displayed , Shows all its mingled mass of light and shade : Men call
her blind when she but turns her head , Nor scans the fault for which her tears are
shed . Can dull Indifference or Hate ' s troubled gaze See through the secret
heart ...
... at large displayed , Shows all its mingled mass of light and shade : Men call
her blind when she but turns her head , Nor scans the fault for which her tears are
shed . Can dull Indifference or Hate ' s troubled gaze See through the secret
heart ...
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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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