Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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Page 89
... force- Proceed , great days ! till learning fly the shore , Till Birch shall blush with noble blood no more , Till Thames see Eton's sons for ever play , Till Westminster's whole year be holiday , Till Isis ' Elders reel , their pupils ...
... force- Proceed , great days ! till learning fly the shore , Till Birch shall blush with noble blood no more , Till Thames see Eton's sons for ever play , Till Westminster's whole year be holiday , Till Isis ' Elders reel , their pupils ...
Page 114
... force ; and , in one sense , the careless reader is right . For , as mere displays of technical skill , those works are certainly unsurpassed in the whole range of literature . But the notion of ' a mere tour de force ' carries with it ...
... force ; and , in one sense , the careless reader is right . For , as mere displays of technical skill , those works are certainly unsurpassed in the whole range of literature . But the notion of ' a mere tour de force ' carries with it ...
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... force of poetry . And he speaks ; he does not sing . Or rather , he talks in the quiet voice of a modern man or ... forces of inspiration and sin- cerity ! All the taste , all the scholarship , all the art of the Poet Laureate seem only ...
... force of poetry . And he speaks ; he does not sing . Or rather , he talks in the quiet voice of a modern man or ... forces of inspiration and sin- cerity ! All the taste , all the scholarship , all the art of the Poet Laureate seem only ...
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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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