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... imagination as he has put it down on paper , and we mean further that this realm , fictitious though it is , is yet some- how a self - contained entity consistent in itself and con- forming to the psychological laws which govern its ...
... imagination as he has put it down on paper , and we mean further that this realm , fictitious though it is , is yet some- how a self - contained entity consistent in itself and con- forming to the psychological laws which govern its ...
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... imagination with a genius for the necessary compro- mises and calculating realism of ordinary politics . This romantic imagination is seen at its most grandiose not in Coningsby but in Tancred , in the scene in which the young Emir ...
... imagination with a genius for the necessary compro- mises and calculating realism of ordinary politics . This romantic imagination is seen at its most grandiose not in Coningsby but in Tancred , in the scene in which the young Emir ...
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... imagination was , it was always applied to the world outside it , and it was always moved by certain abstract ideas , the ideas of greatness and nobility , kingship , ancient families , and youth . The young men who composed the Young ...
... imagination was , it was always applied to the world outside it , and it was always moved by certain abstract ideas , the ideas of greatness and nobility , kingship , ancient families , and youth . The young men who composed the Young ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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