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... language had been evolved which was learned , often stilted , and destined to please , with its conventional imagery , the taste of an educated but limited audience . Parini and Foscolo had , of late , skilfully adapted that language to ...
... language had been evolved which was learned , often stilted , and destined to please , with its conventional imagery , the taste of an educated but limited audience . Parini and Foscolo had , of late , skilfully adapted that language to ...
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... language of the sense The anchor of his purest thoughts , the nurse , The guide , the guardian of his heart , and soul Of all his moral being ; nature was a paramount source of truth , a ministrant to him ; it educed , stimulated and ...
... language of the sense The anchor of his purest thoughts , the nurse , The guide , the guardian of his heart , and soul Of all his moral being ; nature was a paramount source of truth , a ministrant to him ; it educed , stimulated and ...
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... language , largely disappeared when he found himself behind the shelter , so to speak , of a foreign tongue . He had a complete command of the German and French languages , both spoken and written , and his friends abroad seemed to have ...
... language , largely disappeared when he found himself behind the shelter , so to speak , of a foreign tongue . He had a complete command of the German and French languages , both spoken and written , and his friends abroad seemed to have ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir H I Bell | 15 |
ALESSANDRO MANZONI Italian Lecture By A P dEntrèves | 23 |
MORAL PRINCIPLES AND INDUCTIVE POLICIES Philosophical | 51 |
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