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He dreamed always of his ideal woman , though quite willing to admit that she possibly did not exist . He was conscious ever of the besoin d'aimer , 8 of the necessity of some ideal object of affection , who should exist if only to be ...
He dreamed always of his ideal woman , though quite willing to admit that she possibly did not exist . He was conscious ever of the besoin d'aimer , 8 of the necessity of some ideal object of affection , who should exist if only to be ...
Page 58
Never , as now , was the fatalistic character of the man so apparent - his willingness to drift downstream , his goodnatured opportunism , complicated by desultory sacrifices to the ideal , his uncomfortable consciousness of unutilized ...
Never , as now , was the fatalistic character of the man so apparent - his willingness to drift downstream , his goodnatured opportunism , complicated by desultory sacrifices to the ideal , his uncomfortable consciousness of unutilized ...
Page 101
But their standards have also become his ideal , an ideal he cannot quite attain to . And yet , for all his modesty , he is a famous and adored poet . He is received not only by the mob , by foolish romantic women and a lionizing ...
But their standards have also become his ideal , an ideal he cannot quite attain to . And yet , for all his modesty , he is a famous and adored poet . He is received not only by the mob , by foolish romantic women and a lionizing ...
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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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