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Page iii
... present a new study approach , I cannot resist the desire to make one or two observations and suggestions in passing . As I look at the completed book , through which are plenti- fully strewn exercises of the special type designed for ...
... present a new study approach , I cannot resist the desire to make one or two observations and suggestions in passing . As I look at the completed book , through which are plenti- fully strewn exercises of the special type designed for ...
Page 255
... present a part of the villagers ' life , but it is not a part which Gray wishes in the reader's mind as he advances toward the central theme of the poem , the high worthiness which is lost in obscurity . Always the selection of details ...
... present a part of the villagers ' life , but it is not a part which Gray wishes in the reader's mind as he advances toward the central theme of the poem , the high worthiness which is lost in obscurity . Always the selection of details ...
Page 272
... present My true account , lest He returning chide , " Doth God exact day - labor , light denied ? " I fondly ask ... presents his own unrest in the opening lines , and the contrast between this and what Patience says to him takes away ...
... present My true account , lest He returning chide , " Doth God exact day - labor , light denied ? " I fondly ask ... presents his own unrest in the opening lines , and the contrast between this and what Patience says to him takes away ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
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