Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... poet . " ] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : -I have not only to speak of the first great English poet , but to speak of him in con- nection with a work of commemorative art by one [ C. E. Kempe , the designer of the memorial window ] whose ...
... poet . " ] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : -I have not only to speak of the first great English poet , but to speak of him in con- nection with a work of commemorative art by one [ C. E. Kempe , the designer of the memorial window ] whose ...
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... poet , is not wholly and exclusively insular . He was a traveler ; and , like so many English poets , he traveled to Italy , and from Italy he brought back the selfsame kind of inspiration which later on influenced Milton , which ...
... poet , is not wholly and exclusively insular . He was a traveler ; and , like so many English poets , he traveled to Italy , and from Italy he brought back the selfsame kind of inspiration which later on influenced Milton , which ...
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... poets , at least , are on the side of the angels . One of the distinguishing marks of really great poets is wisdom , and no one is wise who has not a deep - seated and loving belief in the efficacy and necessity of virtue . The great poet ...
... poets , at least , are on the side of the angels . One of the distinguishing marks of really great poets is wisdom , and no one is wise who has not a deep - seated and loving belief in the efficacy and necessity of virtue . The great poet ...
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