A guide to English literature. 3. From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Penguin Books, 1956 |
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Page 118
... passages ' in his work that can be lifted out bodily - may be symptomatic of weak- nesses as well as of merits . One of the most famous of these passages is from Hydriotaphia , Urne Buriall ; Or , a Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes ...
... passages ' in his work that can be lifted out bodily - may be symptomatic of weak- nesses as well as of merits . One of the most famous of these passages is from Hydriotaphia , Urne Buriall ; Or , a Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes ...
Page 176
... passages in any good dictionary of quotations ) . Such passages ( like Shakespeare's ' Friends , Romans , countrymen ' ) should encourage the reader to go further in the endeavour to understand the presuppositions and qualities of the ...
... passages in any good dictionary of quotations ) . Such passages ( like Shakespeare's ' Friends , Romans , countrymen ' ) should encourage the reader to go further in the endeavour to understand the presuppositions and qualities of the ...
Page 184
... passages which recall and reinforce the divine point of view . This will imply ( among other things ) the effort to understand such key words as ' Providence ' ( I. 25 ) , ' Reason ' ( III . 108 ) , and ' incensed Deity ' ( III . 187 ) ...
... passages which recall and reinforce the divine point of view . This will imply ( among other things ) the effort to understand such key words as ' Providence ' ( I. 25 ) , ' Reason ' ( III . 108 ) , and ' incensed Deity ' ( III . 187 ) ...
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