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The flashing of the will - o ' - the - wisp shall no longer mislead him , who turns his
looks to the steady cottage candle - light quietly shining out into the darkness , or
to the still safer guidance of the slow - moving stars . The principle which I have ...
The flashing of the will - o ' - the - wisp shall no longer mislead him , who turns his
looks to the steady cottage candle - light quietly shining out into the darkness , or
to the still safer guidance of the slow - moving stars . The principle which I have ...
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... untranslateable term “ Humour ” — that kindly perception of the ridiculous
which is full of gentleness and sympathy . It is a healthful element : it chastens the
dangerous faculty of Wit , turning its envenomed shafts into instruments of
healing ...
... untranslateable term “ Humour ” — that kindly perception of the ridiculous
which is full of gentleness and sympathy . It is a healthful element : it chastens the
dangerous faculty of Wit , turning its envenomed shafts into instruments of
healing ...
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... humourous ballads drawn from his acquaintance with Spanish legendary
history , he added an epilogue telling of its impressions on his household
audience , especially the wondering and delighted faces of his children : he turns
to his wife ...
... humourous ballads drawn from his acquaintance with Spanish legendary
history , he added an epilogue telling of its impressions on his household
audience , especially the wondering and delighted faces of his children : he turns
to his wife ...
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It is free from some of the temptations of such criticism , which we must be careful
not to use too much of , in these times of many reviews and magazines , and
when we turn to them for guidance , we must shun as a pestilence , all heartless ...
It is free from some of the temptations of such criticism , which we must be careful
not to use too much of , in these times of many reviews and magazines , and
when we turn to them for guidance , we must shun as a pestilence , all heartless ...
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... a champion for truth , whether in the history of ancient politics or present
questions of modern society ; and , with all , never suffering the love of poetry to
be extinguished in his heart , or to be crowded out of it , but turning it perpetually
to wise ...
... a champion for truth , whether in the history of ancient politics or present
questions of modern society ; and , with all , never suffering the love of poetry to
be extinguished in his heart , or to be crowded out of it , but turning it perpetually
to wise ...
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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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| Titel | Lectures on English Literature, from Chaucer to Tennyson |
| Författare | Henry Reed |
| Redaktör | William Bradford Reed |
| Utgåva | 3 |
| Utgivare | Parry & McMillan, 1855 |
| Original från | Harvard University |
| Digitaliserad | 13 jan 2009 |
| Längd | 411 sidor |
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