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... seems to produce without labour what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to be comick ; but in comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking con- genial to his nature ...
... seems to produce without labour what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to be comick ; but in comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking con- genial to his nature ...
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... seems to demand in an especial measure a sustained pomp and concentration of language . Everyone will remember numberless lines in the sonnets where these qualities blaze and glow like the strange inward light of jewels . ' Once did she ...
... seems to demand in an especial measure a sustained pomp and concentration of language . Everyone will remember numberless lines in the sonnets where these qualities blaze and glow like the strange inward light of jewels . ' Once did she ...
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... seems so unfamiliar , so singular , so unexpected — that we are naturally repelled . But having swallowed Tolstoy , there is no reason why , in time , we should not also swallow Dostoievsky . Hitherto a material difficulty has stood in ...
... seems so unfamiliar , so singular , so unexpected — that we are naturally repelled . But having swallowed Tolstoy , there is no reason why , in time , we should not also swallow Dostoievsky . Hitherto a material difficulty has stood in ...
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A New History of Rome Jan 2 1909 page | 13 |
Sir Henry Wotton Nov 23 1907 | 23 |
The Swan of Lichfield Dec 7 1907 | 33 |
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