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The Catholic ritual , furthermore , offered the beautiful in religion , which Calvinism lacked , and seemed to satisfy a longing in his soul that beauty and goodness should go hand in hand . But this was no more than longing .
The Catholic ritual , furthermore , offered the beautiful in religion , which Calvinism lacked , and seemed to satisfy a longing in his soul that beauty and goodness should go hand in hand . But this was no more than longing .
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As satire , the Baviad is hardly unjust toward the Della Cruscans . Gifford , conscientiously , has seized upon weapons already forged and at hand , which can be passed readily to a successor . The satiric terms gain point when we ...
As satire , the Baviad is hardly unjust toward the Della Cruscans . Gifford , conscientiously , has seized upon weapons already forged and at hand , which can be passed readily to a successor . The satiric terms gain point when we ...
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But it is important for more than its flexibility in the hands of its user . It carried with it memories of great Italian literature that had gone before . Authority , for the first time , Byron does not seem to have worried about .
But it is important for more than its flexibility in the hands of its user . It carried with it memories of great Italian literature that had gone before . Authority , for the first time , Byron does not seem to have worried about .
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| Title | Byron: Romantic Paradox |
| Author | William Jonathan Calvert |
| Edition | reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Russell & Russell, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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