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Perhaps , however , the ordinary reader finds Beddoes ' lack of construction a less distasteful quality than his disregard of the common realities of existence . Not only is the subject- matter of the greater part of his poetry remote ...
Perhaps , however , the ordinary reader finds Beddoes ' lack of construction a less distasteful quality than his disregard of the common realities of existence . Not only is the subject- matter of the greater part of his poetry remote ...
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For , if the eighteenth century was profoundly an age of activity , it was also , no less profoundly , an age of leisure . The conflict and torment of the religious struggles , into which the whole energies of the Renaissance had been ...
For , if the eighteenth century was profoundly an age of activity , it was also , no less profoundly , an age of leisure . The conflict and torment of the religious struggles , into which the whole energies of the Renaissance had been ...
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Such an undertaking would be no unworthy task for a Shakespeare ; less powerful spirits can only prostrate themselves in dumb worship , like Egyptian priests before the enormous effigies of their gods . It would , besides , be beyond ...
Such an undertaking would be no unworthy task for a Shakespeare ; less powerful spirits can only prostrate themselves in dumb worship , like Egyptian priests before the enormous effigies of their gods . It would , besides , be beyond ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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| Title | Literary Essays His Collected works Volume 5 of Strachey: The coll. works The Collected works of Lytton Strachey, Lytton Strachey |
| Author | Lytton Strachey |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 295 pages |
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