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... things , for the fait accompli . It is it- self a fait accompli , it is satisfied with things as they are , it is , above everything , prudent . Exactly the reverse of the masses , who regard themselves as in a state of transition ...
... things , for the fait accompli . It is it- self a fait accompli , it is satisfied with things as they are , it is , above everything , prudent . Exactly the reverse of the masses , who regard themselves as in a state of transition ...
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... thing , is the hardest matter in the world . The ' thing itself ' with which one is here dealing , the critical perception of poetic truth , -is of all things the most volatile , elusive , and evanescent ; by even press- ing too ...
... thing , is the hardest matter in the world . The ' thing itself ' with which one is here dealing , the critical perception of poetic truth , -is of all things the most volatile , elusive , and evanescent ; by even press- ing too ...
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Matthew Arnold Robert Henry Super. 5 greatness . The most essentially grand and characteristic things of Homer are such things as- ἔτλην δ ' , οἷ ̓ οὔ πώ τις ἐπιχθόνιος βροτὸς ἄλλος , ἀνδρὸς παιδοφόνοιο ποτὶ στόμα χεῖρ ̓ ὀρέγεσθαι , or ...
Matthew Arnold Robert Henry Super. 5 greatness . The most essentially grand and characteristic things of Homer are such things as- ἔτλην δ ' , οἷ ̓ οὔ πώ τις ἐπιχθόνιος βροτὸς ἄλλος , ἀνδρὸς παιδοφόνοιο ποτὶ στόμα χεῖρ ̓ ὀρέγεσθαι , or ...
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Preface to First Edition of Poems 1853 | 1 |
Preface to Second Edition of Poems 1854 | 16 |
Preface to Merope | 38 |
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