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Page vii
... book , that may be the better of a word of explanation . I cannot say that it originally started with a con- scious plan ; but , once started , a plan with a native instinct grew out of it ; and the plan is this . It selects a sequence ...
... book , that may be the better of a word of explanation . I cannot say that it originally started with a con- scious plan ; but , once started , a plan with a native instinct grew out of it ; and the plan is this . It selects a sequence ...
Page xi
... book ; in which , if the poetical treatment should unhappily fall under the censure of the judicious critic , the less fastidious student of human fates may not fail to find a fair amount of encouraging stimulus and healthy nutriment ...
... book ; in which , if the poetical treatment should unhappily fall under the censure of the judicious critic , the less fastidious student of human fates may not fail to find a fair amount of encouraging stimulus and healthy nutriment ...
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... book ' De Naturâ Deorum , ' has formed the groundwork of all works on Natural Theology up to the present time ; and it is an argument that , however misapplied here and there by shal- low thinkers and presumptuous dogmatists , has its ...
... book ' De Naturâ Deorum , ' has formed the groundwork of all works on Natural Theology up to the present time ; and it is an argument that , however misapplied here and there by shal- low thinkers and presumptuous dogmatists , has its ...
Page 90
... joy did swell , When with mother's love she mingled Matin chant and vesper bell . Keen to learn and quick was Alfred , From a song or from a book ; Never slow to catch the meaning Of a gesture or 90 A SONG OF HEROES .
... joy did swell , When with mother's love she mingled Matin chant and vesper bell . Keen to learn and quick was Alfred , From a song or from a book ; Never slow to catch the meaning Of a gesture or 90 A SONG OF HEROES .
Page 98
... book of learning He with pious patience pored . Well he knew that of all noble Doing Thought is rightful lord ; And the pen indites the wisdom That gives honour to the sword . With a ring of learned clerics He embraced his kingly throne ...
... book of learning He with pious patience pored . Well he knew that of all noble Doing Thought is rightful lord ; And the pen indites the wisdom That gives honour to the sword . With a ring of learned clerics He embraced his kingly throne ...
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