A guide to English literature. 3. From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Penguin Books, 1956 |
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... meaning in Donne's way ( or Shakespeare's ) : ... there it [ my heart ] was dipt and dy'd And washt and wrung : the very wringing yet Enforceth tears . Love Unknown This realistic strength underlying Herbert's grace of style is related ...
... meaning in Donne's way ( or Shakespeare's ) : ... there it [ my heart ] was dipt and dy'd And washt and wrung : the very wringing yet Enforceth tears . Love Unknown This realistic strength underlying Herbert's grace of style is related ...
Page 128
... meaning , because it was exactly here - in expressing the whole texture of an idea or a situa- tion - that the writer's chief interest lay , and not so much in the desire to analyse , argue , and prove . There had , in fact , been ...
... meaning , because it was exactly here - in expressing the whole texture of an idea or a situa- tion - that the writer's chief interest lay , and not so much in the desire to analyse , argue , and prove . There had , in fact , been ...
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... meaning ; while it may clarify individual points , it will leave the total effect or appeal of the poems very much where it stood before . But the re- reading of Milton presents another and special difficulty , the difficulty of ...
... meaning ; while it may clarify individual points , it will leave the total effect or appeal of the poems very much where it stood before . But the re- reading of Milton presents another and special difficulty , the difficulty of ...
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