British Literature: From Blake to the present day, edited by H. Spencer, W.E. Houghton, and H. BarrowsHeath, 1951 - English literature |
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... whole , we have in this statement the essence of the difference between the eighteenth century and the period that followed it . The men of the carlier age had wanted primarily to draw rational conclusions about life , to discern behind ...
... whole , we have in this statement the essence of the difference between the eighteenth century and the period that followed it . The men of the carlier age had wanted primarily to draw rational conclusions about life , to discern behind ...
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... whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part . is and it is not easy to conceive more meaning con- densed in fewer words . But if this should be admitted as a satisfactory character of a poem , we have ...
... whole , as is compatible with a distinct gratification from each component part . is and it is not easy to conceive more meaning con- densed in fewer words . But if this should be admitted as a satisfactory character of a poem , we have ...
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... whole lot to be divided is such a beggarly matter , truly a ' feast of shells , ' for the substance has been spilled out : not enough to quench one Appetite ; and the collective human species clutching at them ! -Can we not , in all ...
... whole lot to be divided is such a beggarly matter , truly a ' feast of shells , ' for the substance has been spilled out : not enough to quench one Appetite ; and the collective human species clutching at them ! -Can we not , in all ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 6 |
WILLIAM BLAKE | 15 |
POEMS FROM MANUSCRIPTS | 21 |
Copyright | |
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