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... poet an opportunity of comparing the mother and son to the dwellers upon earth , and of describing the joys of heaven and the terrors of hell . Another favourite story was that of a pious monk who was saved by the Virgin from the ...
... poet an opportunity of comparing the mother and son to the dwellers upon earth , and of describing the joys of heaven and the terrors of hell . Another favourite story was that of a pious monk who was saved by the Virgin from the ...
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... poet , but the poet , the representative ' poet , wrote : And now , how stands the account of man with this bard and benefactor , when in solitude , shutting our ears to the reverberations of his fame , we seek to strike the balance ...
... poet , but the poet , the representative ' poet , wrote : And now , how stands the account of man with this bard and benefactor , when in solitude , shutting our ears to the reverberations of his fame , we seek to strike the balance ...
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... poet discovers the sacred ' touch of nature ' not only in great heroes , but in the humblest ones ; not only in ideal heroines , but in a Shylock whom we pity , at times , to the point of not liking so completely the learned Doctor from ...
... poet discovers the sacred ' touch of nature ' not only in great heroes , but in the humblest ones ; not only in ideal heroines , but in a Shylock whom we pity , at times , to the point of not liking so completely the learned Doctor from ...
Contents
LIST OF FELLOWS 1912 | 7 |
NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JULY 5 1911 ADDRESS BY | 8 |
WARTON LECTURE ON ENGLISH POETRY | 8 |
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