Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to TennysonParry & McMillan, 1855 - 387 sidor |
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... language , on the birth - the life - the undying destiny of the soul of man . I have dwelt upon this prime quality of literature , its universality , because , simple as it is , it is practically lost sight of , in the propensity to ...
... language , on the birth - the life - the undying destiny of the soul of man . I have dwelt upon this prime quality of literature , its universality , because , simple as it is , it is practically lost sight of , in the propensity to ...
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... and courses of reading ; reserving for the third lecture the subject of the English language , to which I am anxious to devote an entire lecture . 5 * LECTURE II . Application of Literary Principles . * Narrow PRINCIPLES OF LITERATURE . 53.
... and courses of reading ; reserving for the third lecture the subject of the English language , to which I am anxious to devote an entire lecture . 5 * LECTURE II . Application of Literary Principles . * Narrow PRINCIPLES OF LITERATURE . 53.
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... languages — Differ- ent eras of letters - English essay - writing - Macaulay - Southey- Scott and Washington Irving ... language - Lockhart's character of Scott- Arnold's character of Scipio - Tragic Poetry - Poetry for children ...
... languages — Differ- ent eras of letters - English essay - writing - Macaulay - Southey- Scott and Washington Irving ... language - Lockhart's character of Scott- Arnold's character of Scipio - Tragic Poetry - Poetry for children ...
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... language , in prose and verse ; from its earliest periods down to our own times , -from Chaucer to Southey and Charles Lamb ; and it behooves us to blend it with graver : or reading , to bring it , like the innocent and APPLICATION OF ...
... language , in prose and verse ; from its earliest periods down to our own times , -from Chaucer to Southey and Charles Lamb ; and it behooves us to blend it with graver : or reading , to bring it , like the innocent and APPLICATION OF ...
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... language , how rich a source of enjoyment the study of English verse , considered simply as an organ of expression and har- mony , may be made ; but to readers who confine them- selves to prose , the metrical form becomes repulsive ...
... language , how rich a source of enjoyment the study of English verse , considered simply as an organ of expression and har- mony , may be made ; but to readers who confine them- selves to prose , the metrical form becomes repulsive ...
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