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Page 68
... language is too gross for , and shape too arbitrary , which come to us and have a definite influence upon us , and yet we cannot fasten on the filmy things and make them visible and distinct to ourselves , much less to others .
... language is too gross for , and shape too arbitrary , which come to us and have a definite influence upon us , and yet we cannot fasten on the filmy things and make them visible and distinct to ourselves , much less to others .
Page 235
It probably comes from the English ability to make the best of things ; and if the view so presented is unfavourable , as often it is , to take it with the reflection that anyhow other people may be as bad or worse , and that any ...
It probably comes from the English ability to make the best of things ; and if the view so presented is unfavourable , as often it is , to take it with the reflection that anyhow other people may be as bad or worse , and that any ...
Page 307
He makes experiments - an excellent thing in a poet — and generally justifies his ventures ; while also he sees something of that everdesired reality which dwells immortally in the hearts of things .
He makes experiments - an excellent thing in a poet — and generally justifies his ventures ; while also he sees something of that everdesired reality which dwells immortally in the hearts of things .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volumes 266-267 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1936 |
| Original from | University of Georgia Libraries |
| Digitized | 10 Jun 2022 |
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