A Guide to English Literature, Volume 3Cassell, 1964 |
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Page 61
... learning to solve these problems , particularly in the width of reference and allusion permitted by epic simile , in the sonorous sweep of his verse and the sustained elevation of his style . All man's learning and achievement is ...
... learning to solve these problems , particularly in the width of reference and allusion permitted by epic simile , in the sonorous sweep of his verse and the sustained elevation of his style . All man's learning and achievement is ...
Page 67
... learning and thought , English at the beginning of the seventeenth century had to compete with Latin , still the uni- versal language . Bacon planned his great unfinished Instauratio Magna in Latin , and Hobbes used Latin for De Cive ...
... learning and thought , English at the beginning of the seventeenth century had to compete with Latin , still the uni- versal language . Bacon planned his great unfinished Instauratio Magna in Latin , and Hobbes used Latin for De Cive ...
Page 114
... learning . In the one case a curious and roving mind delights in illustrating an argument with all kinds of unexpected references , examples , and allusions - and in embellishing the theme with numer- ous quotations . But it is properly ...
... learning . In the one case a curious and roving mind delights in illustrating an argument with all kinds of unexpected references , examples , and allusions - and in embellishing the theme with numer- ous quotations . But it is properly ...
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