Browning, Poet and Man: A SurveyG.P. Putnam's sons, 1902 - 282 pages |
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Page 217
... Ring and the Book at last made his poetry the literary vogue of the day was some- thing like that of the great Parliamentary orator who sees the deserted benches of the House of Commons filling with noiseless rapidity as he rises to ...
... Ring and the Book at last made his poetry the literary vogue of the day was some- thing like that of the great Parliamentary orator who sees the deserted benches of the House of Commons filling with noiseless rapidity as he rises to ...
Page 253
... rings which excite the cu- riosity of foreigners ; he mixes with gold an alloy which , while giving the ring extreme thinness , per- mits it to be twisted in all directions and beaten into an infinite number of shapes of flowers and ...
... rings which excite the cu- riosity of foreigners ; he mixes with gold an alloy which , while giving the ring extreme thinness , per- mits it to be twisted in all directions and beaten into an infinite number of shapes of flowers and ...
Page 254
... ring ' must be laid aside for the ' book . ' " He may compare himself as he will to Doctor Faust calling up the dead , to the prophet Elisha restoring to life the son of the Shunammite , it is the task of the historian , not of the poet ...
... ring ' must be laid aside for the ' book . ' " He may compare himself as he will to Doctor Faust calling up the dead , to the prophet Elisha restoring to life the son of the Shunammite , it is the task of the historian , not of the poet ...
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Abt Vogler admirable Æschylus Anael Andrea Andrea del Sarto artist Asolo beauty Berdoe Browning Society Browning wrote Browning's poetry called Camberwell century certainly character charm critic death divine Djabal drama Druses edition English expression eyes fact father feeling Fifine friends fugue G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS genius give heart honour human idea illustrations imagination impression impulse ing's inspired intellectual interesting Italian Italy J. W. Alexander less letters literary living London marriage Master Hugues ment mind Miss Barrett moral nature never painters painting Paracelsus passion Pauline perhaps picture Pippa Passes play poem poet poet's poetic pure qualities reader recognised rhyme Ring Robert Browning says seems sentiment Shelley Sordello soul spirit Strafford style sympathy temperament Tennyson thing thought TILDEN FOUNDATIONS tion touched truth verse volume wife words writing written YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY