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Page 81
... hand , the concluding passage with its pervasive sibilance and its sepia vision of caravans , silent halls , and draped couches contains little that can be restated on the prose level . Man is enjoined to approach his grave " sustained ...
... hand , the concluding passage with its pervasive sibilance and its sepia vision of caravans , silent halls , and draped couches contains little that can be restated on the prose level . Man is enjoined to approach his grave " sustained ...
Page 92
... hand in hand , and heav'n - directed , go Diffusing gladness through the world below ; Whoe'er the wretch , would hurl the flaming brand , Of dire disunion , palsied be his hand ! Like ' Cromwell damn'd to everlasting fame , ' Let ...
... hand in hand , and heav'n - directed , go Diffusing gladness through the world below ; Whoe'er the wretch , would hurl the flaming brand , Of dire disunion , palsied be his hand ! Like ' Cromwell damn'd to everlasting fame , ' Let ...
Page 113
... hand , he explains in the Lectures that language , for all its achievements , " is still limited and imperfect , and . . . falls infinitely short of the mighty and diversified world of matter and thought of which it professes to be the ...
... hand , he explains in the Lectures that language , for all its achievements , " is still limited and imperfect , and . . . falls infinitely short of the mighty and diversified world of matter and thought of which it professes to be the ...
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