Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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... thoughts of a sensitive and cultivated man , and that the rest were barbarous . ' We are to suppose , then , that if ... thought the Saxon epithet ' barbarous , ' why should he have gone out of his way to use it , when ' mysterious ' or ...
... thoughts of a sensitive and cultivated man , and that the rest were barbarous . ' We are to suppose , then , that if ... thought the Saxon epithet ' barbarous , ' why should he have gone out of his way to use it , when ' mysterious ' or ...
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... thought into thought , until at last the state of mind is revealed , inform and molten , driving darkly through a vast storm of words . Such revelations , no doubt , come closer to reality than the poignant epigrams of Racine . In life ...
... thought into thought , until at last the state of mind is revealed , inform and molten , driving darkly through a vast storm of words . Such revelations , no doubt , come closer to reality than the poignant epigrams of Racine . In life ...
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... thought ranged easily from criticism to psychology , from reflexions upon political history to reflexions upon the conduct of life ; and his thought was never commonplace , never superficial , never slipshod , and never at rest . ' From ...
... thought ranged easily from criticism to psychology , from reflexions upon political history to reflexions upon the conduct of life ; and his thought was never commonplace , never superficial , never slipshod , and never at rest . ' From ...
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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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