A guide to English literature. 3. From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Penguin Books, 1956 |
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... follow . The second stanza depends on the reader's knowledge of the meaning , in alchemy , of ' quintessence ' - the ... follows a series of references to the previous occasions in the relationship of the lovers when grief , distractions ...
... follow . The second stanza depends on the reader's knowledge of the meaning , in alchemy , of ' quintessence ' - the ... follows a series of references to the previous occasions in the relationship of the lovers when grief , distractions ...
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... follow classical models . Jonson made no attempt to impose the idiom and syntax of the classical writers on the English language . The spirit in which he uses the classics is very different from that of Milton . A typical example of the ...
... follow classical models . Jonson made no attempt to impose the idiom and syntax of the classical writers on the English language . The spirit in which he uses the classics is very different from that of Milton . A typical example of the ...
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... follow- ing all its dictates characterizes Bunyan's advice to mankind . Whether it was in the isolation of the heart or in the traffic of the market - place his instruction was the same , and in two very different books he gave similar ...
... follow- ing all its dictates characterizes Bunyan's advice to mankind . Whether it was in the isolation of the heart or in the traffic of the market - place his instruction was the same , and in two very different books he gave similar ...
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