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... things to him- self . All things and modes of action shape themselves anew in the being of Milton ; while Shakespeare becomes all things , yet for ever remaining himself . " In this contrast Coleridge is isolating two permanent and ...
... things to him- self . All things and modes of action shape themselves anew in the being of Milton ; while Shakespeare becomes all things , yet for ever remaining himself . " In this contrast Coleridge is isolating two permanent and ...
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... things ? " " But it brought in things that were not so fine , things Scott knew nothing about and cared less . It made him set at 130 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
... things ? " " But it brought in things that were not so fine , things Scott knew nothing about and cared less . It made him set at 130 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
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... things . This perception into the nature of things Forster calls , in The Longest Journey ( 1907 ) , " the knowledge of good - and- evil , " and he describes it there as " the primal curse . " When allowance is made for its comparative ...
... things . This perception into the nature of things Forster calls , in The Longest Journey ( 1907 ) , " the knowledge of good - and- evil , " and he describes it there as " the primal curse . " When allowance is made for its comparative ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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