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Page 39
... verses are taken ) , at least twelve passages I involving a like state of mind . These it would be tedious to quote , and the reader will no doubt recall many of them . I refer to the fate of Protesilaus ; 3 the murderous attack of Dio ...
... verses are taken ) , at least twelve passages I involving a like state of mind . These it would be tedious to quote , and the reader will no doubt recall many of them . I refer to the fate of Protesilaus ; 3 the murderous attack of Dio ...
Page 110
... verses is altogether beyond Chaucer's reach " ; and once with the assertion that the " accent of high seriousness , born of absolute sincerity , is what gives to such verse ... to such criticism of life as Dante's , its power . " Arnold ...
... verses is altogether beyond Chaucer's reach " ; and once with the assertion that the " accent of high seriousness , born of absolute sincerity , is what gives to such verse ... to such criticism of life as Dante's , its power . " Arnold ...
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... verse . The Ugolino passage , then , is invalid because it is not rooted in a profound and universal state of mind . Its stony grief is a mood characteristic of Arnold at certain times ; char- acteristic , in particular , of the nadir ...
... verse . The Ugolino passage , then , is invalid because it is not rooted in a profound and universal state of mind . Its stony grief is a mood characteristic of Arnold at certain times ; char- acteristic , in particular , of the nadir ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
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