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... sense of humour . What else than pure magic is Manzoni's art of creating that potent illusion of life , that convincing reality of character in which we are caught from the first page of I Promessi Sposi to the last ? Lucia and Gertrude ...
... sense of humour . What else than pure magic is Manzoni's art of creating that potent illusion of life , that convincing reality of character in which we are caught from the first page of I Promessi Sposi to the last ? Lucia and Gertrude ...
Page 99
... sense it is clearly not valid , or at all events , it is incomplete . The series of yesterdays runs backwards from any event to the remoter past as well as forwards to our own present time . We can therefore see the present as the ...
... sense it is clearly not valid , or at all events , it is incomplete . The series of yesterdays runs backwards from any event to the remoter past as well as forwards to our own present time . We can therefore see the present as the ...
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... 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 led on his ...
... 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 led on his ...
Contents
LIST OF FELLOWS | 7 |
OFFICERS AND COUNCIL July | 11 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir H I Bell | 15 |
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