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British Academy. out of which literary history is put together pieces of ancient verse which do not agree with the setting of prose tradition in which they are embedded ; and it can hardly be doubted that the verse deserves more ...
British Academy. out of which literary history is put together pieces of ancient verse which do not agree with the setting of prose tradition in which they are embedded ; and it can hardly be doubted that the verse deserves more ...
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... verse a picture of the best that his limited experience can show . A couplet of Zuhair's , often quoted , expresses truly the Arab poet's ideal : Of all the verses which thou hast made the fairest in praise is that whereof , when they ...
... verse a picture of the best that his limited experience can show . A couplet of Zuhair's , often quoted , expresses truly the Arab poet's ideal : Of all the verses which thou hast made the fairest in praise is that whereof , when they ...
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... verse . Yet at the same time few poets are more pictorial than Milton . As he sings , we see . The forms his verse calls up are of superhuman stature , with the grandeur and ' terribleness ' for which Michelangelo is famed . But he does ...
... verse . Yet at the same time few poets are more pictorial than Milton . As he sings , we see . The forms his verse calls up are of superhuman stature , with the grandeur and ' terribleness ' for which Michelangelo is famed . But he does ...
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191617 | 33 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191718 | 51 |
JACOB AND THE MANDRAKES BY J G FRAZER FELLOW OF | 57 |
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