Shaw's New History of English Literature: Prepared on the Basis of "Shaw's Manual"Sheldon & Company, 1877 - 404 páginas |
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... picturesque imagination ; for though in many places he follows the original with scrupulous fidelity , he not unfrequently adds vigorous touches of his own . The most remarkable illustration of this is the description of the character ...
... picturesque imagination ; for though in many places he follows the original with scrupulous fidelity , he not unfrequently adds vigorous touches of his own . The most remarkable illustration of this is the description of the character ...
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... picturesque de- scription of spring , the poet informs us that being about to make a pilgrimage from London to the shrine of Thomas à Becket in the cathedral of Canterbury , he passes the night previous to his departure at the Tabard ...
... picturesque de- scription of spring , the poet informs us that being about to make a pilgrimage from London to the shrine of Thomas à Becket in the cathedral of Canterbury , he passes the night previous to his departure at the Tabard ...
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... picturesque and poetical , sometimes ungrammatical ; but it is always that lan- guage of the common people which attains its highest vigor and purity in the English Bible.t Pilgrim's Progress is in two parts . The first was written in ...
... picturesque and poetical , sometimes ungrammatical ; but it is always that lan- guage of the common people which attains its highest vigor and purity in the English Bible.t Pilgrim's Progress is in two parts . The first was written in ...
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... picturesque imagery and witty descriptive touches . Many beautiful songs are interspersed among the scenes of Dryden's dramas ; but his most admired lyric is the Ode on St. Cecilia's Day * ( 150 ) . It was written to be set to music ...
... picturesque imagery and witty descriptive touches . Many beautiful songs are interspersed among the scenes of Dryden's dramas ; but his most admired lyric is the Ode on St. Cecilia's Day * ( 150 ) . It was written to be set to music ...
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... picturesque intensity of the modern school . Correctness and an affected regard for what was called " sense were the qualities chiefly cultivated . The abuse of ingenuity which dis- figures the poetry of Cowley , Donne and Quarles was ...
... picturesque intensity of the modern school . Correctness and an affected regard for what was called " sense were the qualities chiefly cultivated . The abuse of ingenuity which dis- figures the poetry of Cowley , Donne and Quarles was ...
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