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A Study of England's Shakespeare George Wilson Knight. So the poet in Timon distinguishes the mechanical and fiery from the more instinctive process . Now Keats ' words are , I think , quite as true of empire as of poetry , and probably ...
A Study of England's Shakespeare George Wilson Knight. So the poet in Timon distinguishes the mechanical and fiery from the more instinctive process . Now Keats ' words are , I think , quite as true of empire as of poetry , and probably ...
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... poetic form in woodland fairies and forest glades ; and I wonder what the subdued yet rich and fertile luxuriance of ... poetry , is called The Tempest . Now Britain's power has been pre - eminently a sea - power and her political story ...
... poetic form in woodland fairies and forest glades ; and I wonder what the subdued yet rich and fertile luxuriance of ... poetry , is called The Tempest . Now Britain's power has been pre - eminently a sea - power and her political story ...
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... Poetry is the only true wisdom , and it is not widely enough recog- nised how it affects , or should affect , as our ... Poetic percep- tion , like religious faith , is no passive acquiescence , but rather an active co - operation , the ...
... Poetry is the only true wisdom , and it is not widely enough recog- nised how it affects , or should affect , as our ... Poetic percep- tion , like religious faith , is no passive acquiescence , but rather an active co - operation , the ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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