The Loly Grail: With introd. and notes by G[eorge] C[ampbell] MacaulayMacmillan, 1893 - 86 pages |
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... word ' idyll ' originally means ' little picture , ' and thence came to designate a short picturesque poem , generally of a pastoral kind . Of this class of poem a beautiful example is given by Tennyson himself in the ' small sweet idyl ...
... word ' idyll ' originally means ' little picture , ' and thence came to designate a short picturesque poem , generally of a pastoral kind . Of this class of poem a beautiful example is given by Tennyson himself in the ' small sweet idyl ...
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... words of his life arose and cried against him , ' This Quest is not for thee . ' And suddenly he found himself in a desert of sand and thorns , and thirsty unto death , so that he too cried , ' This Quest is not for thee . ' Convic ...
... words of his life arose and cried against him , ' This Quest is not for thee . ' And suddenly he found himself in a desert of sand and thorns , and thirsty unto death , so that he too cried , ' This Quest is not for thee . ' Convic ...
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... words which belong to the original English stock , over those imported from French or other languages . The proportion of purely English words in his verse is perhaps larger than in the works of any other great English poet since ...
... words which belong to the original English stock , over those imported from French or other languages . The proportion of purely English words in his verse is perhaps larger than in the works of any other great English poet since ...
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... words of French or Latin origin , and of these most are simple and popular , as ' scarr'd , ' ' moment , ' ' arms , ' ' trunks , ' ' base , ' ' part , ' ' crost , ' ' pier , ' ' clear , ' ' vessel , ' ' creature , ' ' rose , ' ' joy ...
... words of French or Latin origin , and of these most are simple and popular , as ' scarr'd , ' ' moment , ' ' arms , ' ' trunks , ' ' base , ' ' part , ' ' crost , ' ' pier , ' ' clear , ' ' vessel , ' ' creature , ' ' rose , ' ' joy ...
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... words ( Elsdale , Studies in the Idylls , p . 180 ) . Therefore , when in commenting upon this poem we note effects produced by these means , by alliteration for example , by the harmonious or dis- cordant collocation of sounds , or by ...
... words ( Elsdale , Studies in the Idylls , p . 180 ) . Therefore , when in commenting upon this poem we note effects produced by these means , by alliteration for example , by the harmonious or dis- cordant collocation of sounds , or by ...
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