Masters of English LiteratureA.C. McClurg & Company, 1914 - 446 páginas |
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... genius , producing a literature as rich as it was at times bewildering in its infinite variety . What is romanticism ? In its best sense romanticism is , in the language of Victor Hugo , " liberalism in literature ; " in a less noble ...
... genius , producing a literature as rich as it was at times bewildering in its infinite variety . What is romanticism ? In its best sense romanticism is , in the language of Victor Hugo , " liberalism in literature ; " in a less noble ...
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... genius . Time , however , is the great critic . In the words of Mr. Gosse , " As time passes on , it takes the sheep and goats of literature and gradually divides them . The latter are very numerous , and they are allowed to escape on ...
... genius . Time , however , is the great critic . In the words of Mr. Gosse , " As time passes on , it takes the sheep and goats of literature and gradually divides them . The latter are very numerous , and they are allowed to escape on ...
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... geniuses . In the Pardoner we have an invec- tive against drunkenness , and we may attribute to Chaucer him- self the practice and precept which we find in Troilus and Criseyde- " In every thing , I wot , there lies measure : For though ...
... geniuses . In the Pardoner we have an invec- tive against drunkenness , and we may attribute to Chaucer him- self the practice and precept which we find in Troilus and Criseyde- " In every thing , I wot , there lies measure : For though ...
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... genius may have little in common . However , his early biographers placed no limit to his profound and comprehensive learning . Leland tells us that Chaucer left the university a logician , orator , poet , philosopher , and ...
... genius may have little in common . However , his early biographers placed no limit to his profound and comprehensive learning . Leland tells us that Chaucer left the university a logician , orator , poet , philosopher , and ...
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... genius : " But Cristes loore , and his Apostles twelve , He taughte , but first he folwed it hym selve . " In the last two lines we have the very quintessence of the method which if followed will regenerate the world . Chaucer's temper ...
... genius : " But Cristes loore , and his Apostles twelve , He taughte , but first he folwed it hym selve . " In the last two lines we have the very quintessence of the method which if followed will regenerate the world . Chaucer's temper ...
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