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... touchstone verses are taken ) , at least twelve passages I involving a like ... passage in which the wife of Hector orders the bath to be prepared for his ... touchstone verses , and mentions them as being under " the earth , the giver of ...
... touchstone verses are taken ) , at least twelve passages I involving a like ... passage in which the wife of Hector orders the bath to be prepared for his ... touchstone verses , and mentions them as being under " the earth , the giver of ...
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... passage . Yet why did he fail to include , in the touchstone verses , the most forceful lines it contains ? For than man , indeed , there breathes no wretcheder creature Of all living things , that on earth are breathing and moving ...
... passage . Yet why did he fail to include , in the touchstone verses , the most forceful lines it contains ? For than man , indeed , there breathes no wretcheder creature Of all living things , that on earth are breathing and moving ...
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... touchstone passage is one of a series of rhe- torical questions . Though it is somewhat toned down and soft- ened by ... touchstone is poetically quite genuine , and by contrasting it with a passage from Goldsmith , implies that it is ...
... touchstone passage is one of a series of rhe- torical questions . Though it is somewhat toned down and soft- ened by ... touchstone is poetically quite genuine , and by contrasting it with a passage from Goldsmith , implies that it is ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
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