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... poem Liberty ( 1735-6 ) , that very remarkable attempt at a brief history of civilization . Goethe , to be sure , judged it to be a very bad poem , feeling that in it Thomson had given . himself up to party and so was lost as a poet ...
... poem Liberty ( 1735-6 ) , that very remarkable attempt at a brief history of civilization . Goethe , to be sure , judged it to be a very bad poem , feeling that in it Thomson had given . himself up to party and so was lost as a poet ...
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... Poems , p . 24 f . On pp . xxxii - xliii he discusses the various pieces of verse found in the Chronicle . To this type belongs the three - line poem inscribed on the shield of Eadwen . The text is found in F. Kluge , ' Zur Geschichte ...
... Poems , p . 24 f . On pp . xxxii - xliii he discusses the various pieces of verse found in the Chronicle . To this type belongs the three - line poem inscribed on the shield of Eadwen . The text is found in F. Kluge , ' Zur Geschichte ...
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... poetic gift , but precisely in doing what he has done and setting out a systematic argument in a great poem . What manner of man then was the author of this unique poem ? Unfortunately we know very little of his life and charac- ter ...
... poetic gift , but precisely in doing what he has done and setting out a systematic argument in a great poem . What manner of man then was the author of this unique poem ? Unfortunately we know very little of his life and charac- ter ...
Contents
ANNUAL REPORT 19489 | 9 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir H I Bell | 15 |
Printers and Readers in ItalY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY Italian | 25 |
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