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... exist at all ; the two may be fused . This is evident if we consider a poem , Words- worth's Immortality Ode , for instance . Wordsworth's aim there was certainly not solely to create beauty ; he was con- cerned just as much with making ...
... exist at all ; the two may be fused . This is evident if we consider a poem , Words- worth's Immortality Ode , for instance . Wordsworth's aim there was certainly not solely to create beauty ; he was con- cerned just as much with making ...
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... exist independ- ently of their author . Had she allowed them to exist in- dependently of her all the time she would truly have been a great novelist . There is Lady Clonbrony , for instance , an object of contempt to her guests , an ...
... exist independ- ently of their author . Had she allowed them to exist in- dependently of her all the time she would truly have been a great novelist . There is Lady Clonbrony , for instance , an object of contempt to her guests , an ...
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... exist . Peacock keeps them severely within bounds , but we are al- ways conscious of the potentialities of life ... exists in the round . As a character , he is a glorious achieve- ment , and the source of some of Peacock's best comedy ...
... exist . Peacock keeps them severely within bounds , but we are al- ways conscious of the potentialities of life ... exists in the round . As a character , he is a glorious achieve- ment , and the source of some of Peacock's best comedy ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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