The Quarterly Review, Volume 236, Issue 468John Murray, 1921 |
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Page 112
... verse . The sombre imaginations of Mr Thomas Hardy had for many many years found expression in prose narrative , but when the custom of prose gave place at length to the instinct of verse , it was not narrative but lyrical verse that ...
... verse . The sombre imaginations of Mr Thomas Hardy had for many many years found expression in prose narrative , but when the custom of prose gave place at length to the instinct of verse , it was not narrative but lyrical verse that ...
Page 113
... verse has been overlooked that the reader is now asked to consider certain poems by Mr Maurice Hewlett ; and it may seem strange to speak of any of Mr Hewlett's work as having been overlooked when it is remembered that he is one of the ...
... verse has been overlooked that the reader is now asked to consider certain poems by Mr Maurice Hewlett ; and it may seem strange to speak of any of Mr Hewlett's work as having been overlooked when it is remembered that he is one of the ...
Page 119
... verse . The text - book , for all that it deals with human affairs , can be very dull , but this verse- chronicle never succeeds in being dull . It must be con- fessed that it is not always perfectly easy reading . Compression of ...
... verse . The text - book , for all that it deals with human affairs , can be very dull , but this verse- chronicle never succeeds in being dull . It must be con- fessed that it is not always perfectly easy reading . Compression of ...
Page 120
... verse ; and there are certain facts , indeed , which in that verse assume a higher emotional quality than can well be suggested by the sober pacings of historians ' prose . To take a ready instance , the calamity of the Black Death is ...
... verse ; and there are certain facts , indeed , which in that verse assume a higher emotional quality than can well be suggested by the sober pacings of historians ' prose . To take a ready instance , the calamity of the Black Death is ...
Page 122
... verse ; and this Book at least is exempt from the defect of which I have now to speak . " For , as the chronicle draws nearer to modern times , to that great glory or great disaster , the transformation to industrialism , it is ...
... verse ; and this Book at least is exempt from the defect of which I have now to speak . " For , as the chronicle draws nearer to modern times , to that great glory or great disaster , the transformation to industrialism , it is ...
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