A guide to English literature. 3. From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Penguin Books, 1956 |
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... less , the large number of learned , cultivated , and intellectually adventurous men who emerged from this environment cannot be ignored . The chief occupation and study of the universities , however , was theology . Some distinction ...
... less , the large number of learned , cultivated , and intellectually adventurous men who emerged from this environment cannot be ignored . The chief occupation and study of the universities , however , was theology . Some distinction ...
Page 152
... less simple and less dramatic , in a sense more ' personal ' because less traditional . He gives the impression of going farther , perhaps because he shows us fewer landmarks . And it may be felt that parable - form is not - altogether ...
... less simple and less dramatic , in a sense more ' personal ' because less traditional . He gives the impression of going farther , perhaps because he shows us fewer landmarks . And it may be felt that parable - form is not - altogether ...
Page 153
... less directly practical and down - to - earth - but it is much less pervasive than in The Temple . Vaughan has not the same compulsion to be understood . Here , as elsewhere , we find him , in comparison with Herbert , moving towards ...
... less directly practical and down - to - earth - but it is much less pervasive than in The Temple . Vaughan has not the same compulsion to be understood . Here , as elsewhere , we find him , in comparison with Herbert , moving towards ...
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