A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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... feeling for nature ; he looks up to Thomson with affection and respect ; his evocations of landscapes are brief , and he does not seek them out for themselves ; they only offer a harmonious setting for the idea and the emotion . The ...
... feeling for nature ; he looks up to Thomson with affection and respect ; his evocations of landscapes are brief , and he does not seek them out for themselves ; they only offer a harmonious setting for the idea and the emotion . The ...
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... feeling and imagination are essentials of life itself . They are sufficiently numerous , and their spiritual energy is active enough , to create powerful counter - movements in the religious , social , and aesthetic worlds , against the ...
... feeling and imagination are essentials of life itself . They are sufficiently numerous , and their spiritual energy is active enough , to create powerful counter - movements in the religious , social , and aesthetic worlds , against the ...
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... feeling of unrest set in ; and Socialism , which since 1850 had practically disappeared , again was seen as an active force . From this time forth , however brilliant might be the triumphs achieved by English energy in the fields of ...
... feeling of unrest set in ; and Socialism , which since 1850 had practically disappeared , again was seen as an active force . From this time forth , however brilliant might be the triumphs achieved by English energy in the fields of ...
Contents
ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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