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Page xv
... action is too slow , and too much interrupted by long passages of narrative and reflection . Their general tone is more epic and lyrical than dramatic ; they are rather dramatised pictures of a bygone time than dramas suited for the ...
... action is too slow , and too much interrupted by long passages of narrative and reflection . Their general tone is more epic and lyrical than dramatic ; they are rather dramatised pictures of a bygone time than dramas suited for the ...
Page xvi
... action and the catastrophe assume a tragic character because the ruin of Ernest and Werner is the result of a conflict between their loyalty as friends and their duty as subjects . Uhland's chief historical authority , whom he has for ...
... action and the catastrophe assume a tragic character because the ruin of Ernest and Werner is the result of a conflict between their loyalty as friends and their duty as subjects . Uhland's chief historical authority , whom he has for ...
Page xxvii
... action , and are themselves fully appreciated only when a repeated pe- rusal gives us leisure to do them justice . We cannot help feeling too that Werner rather than Ernest is the real hero . Ernest is too much crushed by misfortune ...
... action , and are themselves fully appreciated only when a repeated pe- rusal gives us leisure to do them justice . We cannot help feeling too that Werner rather than Ernest is the real hero . Ernest is too much crushed by misfortune ...
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... action . He knows indeed that the bright prospects then opened up have not been realised , that Konrad , at first so wise and moderate , has shown himself arbitrary and imperious , ambitious of absolute rule and hereditary empire ...
... action . He knows indeed that the bright prospects then opened up have not been realised , that Konrad , at first so wise and moderate , has shown himself arbitrary and imperious , ambitious of absolute rule and hereditary empire ...
Page 103
... action indicated by the governing sub- stantive , cf. Eve , 78 , 80 ) , cf. Prol . 16 ; 134 , 535 , 1096 , 1159 , & c . — The use of the uninflected adj . before a neut . subst . , 272 , 763 , 766 , 923 , & c.— The omission on the one ...
... action indicated by the governing sub- stantive , cf. Eve , 78 , 80 ) , cf. Prol . 16 ; 134 , 535 , 1096 , 1159 , & c . — The use of the uninflected adj . before a neut . subst . , 272 , 763 , 766 , 923 , & c.— The omission on the one ...
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