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... mind worked ; and the essential element of his spirit resides precisely in this haphazard and various looseness . His exceeding coarseness is itself an expression of one of the most fundamental qualities of his mind - its jovial ...
... mind worked ; and the essential element of his spirit resides precisely in this haphazard and various looseness . His exceeding coarseness is itself an expression of one of the most fundamental qualities of his mind - its jovial ...
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... mind - his brooding melancholy , shot through with bitterness and doubt that may at first sight escape the notice of the reader , and that will repay the deepest attention . His greatest works come near to tragedy . Le Tartufe , in ...
... mind - his brooding melancholy , shot through with bitterness and doubt that may at first sight escape the notice of the reader , and that will repay the deepest attention . His greatest works come near to tragedy . Le Tartufe , in ...
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... mind that composed it was the mind of a master , who , even as he revelled in the joyous manifestation of his genius , preserved , I with an instinctive power , the master's control . In truth , beneath the gay galaxies of scintillating ...
... mind that composed it was the mind of a master , who , even as he revelled in the joyous manifestation of his genius , preserved , I with an instinctive power , the master's control . In truth , beneath the gay galaxies of scintillating ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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