Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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... fact that much of the matter in his parallel columns was coming out of his memory , and that his memory had already romanticized it strongly . No man wrote more pleasant or vivid notes than Scott , and for a good reason : they were ...
... fact that much of the matter in his parallel columns was coming out of his memory , and that his memory had already romanticized it strongly . No man wrote more pleasant or vivid notes than Scott , and for a good reason : they were ...
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... fact that she does not stay within the limitations of her talent . She could have been pretty certain of success if she had only sought to show her reader what a young lady could see : her view of the social scene , her vision of her ...
... fact that she does not stay within the limitations of her talent . She could have been pretty certain of success if she had only sought to show her reader what a young lady could see : her view of the social scene , her vision of her ...
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... facts are sacred . ) Pope's poem demands the fact whether poetical ( in the ordinary sense ) or not . Facts which happen to be more poetical ( in the ordinary sense ) follow in the next lines : From yon old wallnut - tree a show'r shall ...
... facts are sacred . ) Pope's poem demands the fact whether poetical ( in the ordinary sense ) or not . Facts which happen to be more poetical ( in the ordinary sense ) follow in the next lines : From yon old wallnut - tree a show'r shall ...
Contents
THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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