Lectures on the English PoetsJ. Templeman, 1841 - 407 páginas |
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... character he impresses upon them . His mind lends its own power to the objects which it contemplates , instead of borrowing it from them . He takes advantage even of the nakedness and dreary vacuity of his subject . His imagination ...
... character he impresses upon them . His mind lends its own power to the objects which it contemplates , instead of borrowing it from them . He takes advantage even of the nakedness and dreary vacuity of his subject . His imagination ...
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... character , and the tone of his writings . Yet it would be too much to attri- bute the one to the other as cause and effect : for Spenser , whose poetical temperament was as effeminate as Chaucer's was stern and mas- culine , was ...
... character , and the tone of his writings . Yet it would be too much to attri- bute the one to the other as cause and effect : for Spenser , whose poetical temperament was as effeminate as Chaucer's was stern and mas- culine , was ...
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... character belonging to them , and produce the effect of sculpture on the mind . Chaucer V had an equal eye for truth of nature and dis- crimination of character ; and his interest in what he saw gave new distinctness and force to his ...
... character belonging to them , and produce the effect of sculpture on the mind . Chaucer V had an equal eye for truth of nature and dis- crimination of character ; and his interest in what he saw gave new distinctness and force to his ...
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... characters of men never change , though manners , opinions , and institutions may , ) to know what has become of this character of the Sompnoure in the pre- sent day ; whether or not it has any technical representative in existing ...
... characters of men never change , though manners , opinions , and institutions may , ) to know what has become of this character of the Sompnoure in the pre- sent day ; whether or not it has any technical representative in existing ...
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... character is inimitable ; " Nought fer fro thilke paleis honourable , Wher as this markis shope his marriage , Ther stood a thorpe , of sighte delitable , In which that poure folk of that village Hadden hir bestes and her herbergage ...
... character is inimitable ; " Nought fer fro thilke paleis honourable , Wher as this markis shope his marriage , Ther stood a thorpe , of sighte delitable , In which that poure folk of that village Hadden hir bestes and her herbergage ...
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