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Page 160
... conveys both the scene and the poet's reaction in a quietly dramatic manner . The scene is defined - the action of ... conveyed in one of those felicitous statements in which the words seem to drop into place with inevitable rightness ...
... conveys both the scene and the poet's reaction in a quietly dramatic manner . The scene is defined - the action of ... conveyed in one of those felicitous statements in which the words seem to drop into place with inevitable rightness ...
Page 167
... conveyed in ' simple and unelaborated expressions ' . All this makes the laying of the first stone a covenant that should be sacred to the boy . The boy sets off with a bold face and the good wishes of the little community ; the mother ...
... conveyed in ' simple and unelaborated expressions ' . All this makes the laying of the first stone a covenant that should be sacred to the boy . The boy sets off with a bold face and the good wishes of the little community ; the mother ...
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... conveyed with the quiet assurance of deep and habitual realization . Human love is blessed with the sweetness of fertility by the action of spirits ; and the whole earth — until now Expectant , waiting for the day when it would ' share ...
... conveyed with the quiet assurance of deep and habitual realization . Human love is blessed with the sweetness of fertility by the action of spirits ; and the whole earth — until now Expectant , waiting for the day when it would ' share ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BEN JONSON Continued | 27 |
ROSALINDS MADRIGAL | 33 |
Copyright | |
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