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... interest which the poem has for us is thus not a purely literary interest . Beowulf is an important historical document.'4 I make this preliminary point , because it seems to me that the air has been clouded not only for Strong , but ...
... interest which the poem has for us is thus not a purely literary interest . Beowulf is an important historical document.'4 I make this preliminary point , because it seems to me that the air has been clouded not only for Strong , but ...
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... interest in philosophy and philosophical psychology and an ambition to distinguish himself in this line by really original work . On the other hand , his social turn of mind made him a keen observer and student of character long before ...
... interest in philosophy and philosophical psychology and an ambition to distinguish himself in this line by really original work . On the other hand , his social turn of mind made him a keen observer and student of character long before ...
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... interest are of course shorter , of others much longer ( the above , as I have said , is much abbreviated ) ; and I estimate that in the great series of catalogues which I have enumerated , he dealt with some fifteen to twenty thousand ...
... interest are of course shorter , of others much longer ( the above , as I have said , is much abbreviated ) ; and I estimate that in the great series of catalogues which I have enumerated , he dealt with some fifteen to twenty thousand ...
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THE ENGLISH EPIC TRADITION Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 35 |
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