The SeasonsDavid Bryce and Son, 1889 - 215 pages |
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... phrase ; for we are creatures of tradition , and we open a book for one reason , and read it for another . The " Seasons assuredly cannot be said to interest us because the poet had observed Nature sufficiently to write the mildest of ...
... phrase ; for we are creatures of tradition , and we open a book for one reason , and read it for another . The " Seasons assuredly cannot be said to interest us because the poet had observed Nature sufficiently to write the mildest of ...
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... phrase on Sir Thomas More , just quoted , we come upon the surprise of such a line as : " A dauntless soul erect , that smiled on death . " This has a touch earlier and later than the touch of Thomson's little day . In another place ( 10 )
... phrase on Sir Thomas More , just quoted , we come upon the surprise of such a line as : " A dauntless soul erect , that smiled on death . " This has a touch earlier and later than the touch of Thomson's little day . In another place ( 10 )
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James Thomson. That , by the way , is not the only immortal phrase in Thomson , to whom we owe " looking unutterable things . " No saying of his , we may note , is now quoted seriously or without the slight mockery in which , without ...
James Thomson. That , by the way , is not the only immortal phrase in Thomson , to whom we owe " looking unutterable things . " No saying of his , we may note , is now quoted seriously or without the slight mockery in which , without ...
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