The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John RuskinW.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887 - 536 Seiten |
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... poets , On living to one's self , · On the conduct of life ; or , advice to a schoolboy , · HENRY MACKENZIE , 239 · 241 FRANCIS JEFFREY . On the genius of Shakespeare , 358 • The perishable nature of poetical fame ,. 359 243 • 244 247 ...
... poets , On living to one's self , · On the conduct of life ; or , advice to a schoolboy , · HENRY MACKENZIE , 239 · 241 FRANCIS JEFFREY . On the genius of Shakespeare , 358 • The perishable nature of poetical fame ,. 359 243 • 244 247 ...
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... poets had lived and died . The Elizabethan drama , which had arisen in Marlowe , had set in Shirley . The comedy of Wycherley and Congreve , in which pruriency has become phosphorescent , was in possession of the stage . Dryden had ...
... poets had lived and died . The Elizabethan drama , which had arisen in Marlowe , had set in Shirley . The comedy of Wycherley and Congreve , in which pruriency has become phosphorescent , was in possession of the stage . Dryden had ...
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... poets had come into fashion ; outside nature had again reappeared in literature . The Essayist could weave an allegory , or criticise , or describe , or break a social enormity on the wheel , or explode an ancient prejudice , with the ...
... poets had come into fashion ; outside nature had again reappeared in literature . The Essayist could weave an allegory , or criticise , or describe , or break a social enormity on the wheel , or explode an ancient prejudice , with the ...
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... poets for its adornment - just as , in the old English villages on May morning , shoals of rustics went forth to the woods and brought home hawthorns for the dressing of door and window . Hunt is always cheerful and chatty . He defends ...
... poets for its adornment - just as , in the old English villages on May morning , shoals of rustics went forth to the woods and brought home hawthorns for the dressing of door and window . Hunt is always cheerful and chatty . He defends ...
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... poets . But the true God hath this attribute , that He is a jealous God ; and therefore His worship and religion will endure no mixture nor partner . We shall therefore speak a few words concerning the unity of the Church : what are the ...
... poets . But the true God hath this attribute , that He is a jealous God ; and therefore His worship and religion will endure no mixture nor partner . We shall therefore speak a few words concerning the unity of the Church : what are the ...
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