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As apposite to this , I may quote what he elsewhere says of octosyllabic verse : " The thought can turn itself with greater ease in a larger compass . When the rhyme comes too thick upon us , it straightens the expression : we are ...
As apposite to this , I may quote what he elsewhere says of octosyllabic verse : " The thought can turn itself with greater ease in a larger compass . When the rhyme comes too thick upon us , it straightens the expression : we are ...
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style , in which all the relations of thought are fully and properly ex- pressed . Another , gifted with less power of judgment , but with a fine taste and a sensitive ear to the mere harmony of language , sacrifices the logical ...
style , in which all the relations of thought are fully and properly ex- pressed . Another , gifted with less power of judgment , but with a fine taste and a sensitive ear to the mere harmony of language , sacrifices the logical ...
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The girl of the period is a creature who dyes her hair and paints her face , as the first articles of her personal religion , —whose sole idea of life is plenty of fun and luxury , —and whose dress is the object of such thought and ...
The girl of the period is a creature who dyes her hair and paints her face , as the first articles of her personal religion , —whose sole idea of life is plenty of fun and luxury , —and whose dress is the object of such thought and ...
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LAURENCE Sterne | 1 |
METEORIC SHOWERS | 38 |
THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT IN ITALY | 51 |
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