An Approach to Literature: A Collection of Prose and Verse with Analyses and DiscussionsCleanth Brooks, John Thibaut Purser, Robert Penn Warren F. S. Crofts & Company, 1939 - 634 pages |
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Page 142
... beauty in person , in clothing and in back- ground , until they have developed an appetite for such things beyond ordinary comprehension . " Here we have two of the commonest uses of the word : culture as female wealth and smartness ...
... beauty in person , in clothing and in back- ground , until they have developed an appetite for such things beyond ordinary comprehension . " Here we have two of the commonest uses of the word : culture as female wealth and smartness ...
Page 164
... beauty and sweetness of that beautiful place , have not failed to seize one truth , —the truth that beauty and sweetness are essen- tial characters of a complete human perfection . When I insist on this , I am all in the faith and ...
... beauty and sweetness of that beautiful place , have not failed to seize one truth , —the truth that beauty and sweetness are essen- tial characters of a complete human perfection . When I insist on this , I am all in the faith and ...
Page 480
... Beauty - Beauty that must die ; And Joy , whose hand is ever at his lips Bidding adieu ; and aching Pleasure nigh , Turning to poison while the bee - mouth sips ; Ay , in the very temple of Delight Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran ...
... Beauty - Beauty that must die ; And Joy , whose hand is ever at his lips Bidding adieu ; and aching Pleasure nigh , Turning to poison while the bee - mouth sips ; Ay , in the very temple of Delight Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY | 17 |
Bret Harte | 35 |
Guy de Maupassant | 41 |
Copyright | |
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