An Oxford Anthology of English ProseArnold Whitridge, John Wendell Dodds, Howard Foster Lowry Oxford University Press, 1935 - 950 pages |
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... spirit , for the detection of some enormous crime . ' About ten at night the gentlemen met in the chamber in which the girl , supposed to be disturbed by a spirit , had , with proper caution , been put to bed by several ladies . They ...
... spirit , for the detection of some enormous crime . ' About ten at night the gentlemen met in the chamber in which the girl , supposed to be disturbed by a spirit , had , with proper caution , been put to bed by several ladies . They ...
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... spirit , — here was a gospel still for Carlyle to preach , and to help others by preaching . But he baffled them and himself by preferring the paradox that we are not born for happiness at all . Happiness in labour , righteousness , and ...
... spirit , — here was a gospel still for Carlyle to preach , and to help others by preaching . But he baffled them and himself by preferring the paradox that we are not born for happiness at all . Happiness in labour , righteousness , and ...
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... spirit ; and this spirit he communicates in some subtle , unconscious way to all his work . It waxes and wanes with the cur- rents of his vitality , but no more alters than a chestnut changes into an oak . For , in truth , dramas are ...
... spirit ; and this spirit he communicates in some subtle , unconscious way to all his work . It waxes and wanes with the cur- rents of his vitality , but no more alters than a chestnut changes into an oak . For , in truth , dramas are ...
Contents
Le Morte Darthur | 1 |
Roger Ascham 15151568 | 19 |
Sir Thomas North | 29 |
Copyright | |
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admiration appear Aristotle beauty Ben Jonson better blank verse Boswell called Catharine character Chaucer death divine doth England English eral eyes feelings French give ground Guenever hand hath hear heard heart heaven honour hope human imagination Johnson Julius Cæsar kind King King Arthur knowledge labour ladies language learning Leofric liberty live look Lord man's manner matter means ment mind Mirabeau nature ness never night noble observed opinion Ovid passed passion person philosopher Plato play pleasure poem poet poetry poor prince reader reason rhyme scene seems sense Sir Bedivere Sir Ector Sir Launcelot Sir Lucan Sir Mordred soul speak spirit talk tell thee things thou thought tion told true truth unto verse virtue Voltaire whole words write