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... described the life of man as " a self- evolving circle , which , from a ring imperceptibly small , rushes on all sides outward to new and larger circles , " he marked that special quality that the poet , above ordinary men , cultivates ...
... described the life of man as " a self- evolving circle , which , from a ring imperceptibly small , rushes on all sides outward to new and larger circles , " he marked that special quality that the poet , above ordinary men , cultivates ...
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... described those who conducted the services as being " often poets in their extemporaneous prayers " : I have often , in my youth , heard from them prayers which were poems from beginning to end , mostly made up of sentences from the Old ...
... described those who conducted the services as being " often poets in their extemporaneous prayers " : I have often , in my youth , heard from them prayers which were poems from beginning to end , mostly made up of sentences from the Old ...
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... described . Other poems partially retract this absurd commitment to the absolute sinlessness of the female sex . The children of nature in " An Indian Story , " " Monument Mountain , " and " The Strange Lady ” —all Indian maidens - are ...
... described . Other poems partially retract this absurd commitment to the absolute sinlessness of the female sex . The children of nature in " An Indian Story , " " Monument Mountain , " and " The Strange Lady ” —all Indian maidens - are ...
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