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... poetic and conveyed such truth as poetry can convey , the truth of feeling , or , as we sometimes call it , wisdom . For Arnold , the Bible was the greatest of all works of literature and , by that token , all truly great works of ...
... poetic and conveyed such truth as poetry can convey , the truth of feeling , or , as we sometimes call it , wisdom . For Arnold , the Bible was the greatest of all works of literature and , by that token , all truly great works of ...
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... poetry , by the style and manner of that poetry , and of all other poetry which is akin to it in quality . Only one thing we may add as to the substance and matter of poetry , guid- ing ourselves by Aristotle's profound observation that ...
... poetry , by the style and manner of that poetry , and of all other poetry which is akin to it in quality . Only one thing we may add as to the substance and matter of poetry , guid- ing ourselves by Aristotle's profound observation that ...
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... poetry . However we may account for its absence , something is wanting , then , to the poetry of Chaucer , which poetry must have before it can be placed in the glorious class of the best . And there is no doubt what that something is ...
... poetry . However we may account for its absence , something is wanting , then , to the poetry of Chaucer , which poetry must have before it can be placed in the glorious class of the best . And there is no doubt what that something is ...
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