Manual of English LiteratureJ.M. Dent & Company, 1926 - 356 pagina's |
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Pagina 52
... less zealous student of literature than of science , nor less anxious for the improvement of the one than of the other : accustomed himself to read the works of Aristotle in the original Greek , he denounces as mischievous impositions ...
... less zealous student of literature than of science , nor less anxious for the improvement of the one than of the other : accustomed himself to read the works of Aristotle in the original Greek , he denounces as mischievous impositions ...
Pagina 226
... less forced and fantastical , a good deal less daring in every way , but unfortu- nately also infinitely less poetical . His imagination is tinsel , or mere surface gilding , compared to Donne's solid gold ; his wit little better than ...
... less forced and fantastical , a good deal less daring in every way , but unfortu- nately also infinitely less poetical . His imagination is tinsel , or mere surface gilding , compared to Donne's solid gold ; his wit little better than ...
Pagina 308
... less distinguished in the litera- ture of this time , we must content ourselves with merely men- tioning in theology , Warburton , Lowth , Horsley , Jortin , Madan , Paley , Gerard , Blair , Geddes , Lardner , Priestley ; in critical ...
... less distinguished in the litera- ture of this time , we must content ourselves with merely men- tioning in theology , Warburton , Lowth , Horsley , Jortin , Madan , Paley , Gerard , Blair , Geddes , Lardner , Priestley ; in critical ...
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A Manual of English Literature: And of the History of the ..., Volumes 1-2 George Lillie Craik Volledige weergave - 1874 |
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