A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: with Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Griffin, Bohn, 1861 - English language |
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... spirit of religious dis- like to dramatic performances , but in a politic caution , lest play- writers and players should avail themselves of their power over the minds of the people to instil notions and opinions hostile to the ...
... spirit of religious dis- like to dramatic performances , but in a politic caution , lest play- writers and players should avail themselves of their power over the minds of the people to instil notions and opinions hostile to the ...
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... spirit and general success of the execution . Of course , there is a good deal of ingenuity shown in Fletcher's poem ; and it is not unimpregnated by poetic feeling , nor without some passages of considerable merit . But in many other ...
... spirit and general success of the execution . Of course , there is a good deal of ingenuity shown in Fletcher's poem ; and it is not unimpregnated by poetic feeling , nor without some passages of considerable merit . But in many other ...
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... spirit in the early part of the seventeenth century is shown in much more of the poetry of the time as well as in that of the two Fletchers . Others of the most notable names of this age are Quarles , Herrick , Herbert , and Crashaw ...
... spirit in the early part of the seventeenth century is shown in much more of the poetry of the time as well as in that of the two Fletchers . Others of the most notable names of this age are Quarles , Herrick , Herbert , and Crashaw ...
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... spirit of quaintness and conceit , or over - refinement and subtlety of thought , for nearly a century after the first introduction among us of that fashion of writing . Even some of the highest minds did not entirely escape the ...
... spirit of quaintness and conceit , or over - refinement and subtlety of thought , for nearly a century after the first introduction among us of that fashion of writing . Even some of the highest minds did not entirely escape the ...
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... spirit of the same classical style pervades both ; and they are the two greatest poems in that style which had been produced down to the date at which we are now arrived . Denham is the author of a number of other compositions in verse ...
... spirit of the same classical style pervades both ; and they are the two greatest poems in that style which had been produced down to the date at which we are now arrived . Denham is the author of a number of other compositions in verse ...
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