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Byron's first satire , considered in the light of the eighteenth - century tradition and of its immediate inspiration , gains a unity of purpose and result not in accord with the popular conception of the poet as a man immoderately ...
Byron's first satire , considered in the light of the eighteenth - century tradition and of its immediate inspiration , gains a unity of purpose and result not in accord with the popular conception of the poet as a man immoderately ...
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His sympathy with the classic tradition is not difficult to explain . His temperament , on its nonpoetizing side , was closely akin to that of Samuel Johnson , in its rough common sense , its devotion to the past , its hatred of shrill ...
His sympathy with the classic tradition is not difficult to explain . His temperament , on its nonpoetizing side , was closely akin to that of Samuel Johnson , in its rough common sense , its devotion to the past , its hatred of shrill ...
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He belonged to a group of men who were born to rule and had inherited a tradition of accomplishment which they followed proudly . His ambition , like theirs , was statesmanship : either to uphold the better cause in Parliament or to ...
He belonged to a group of men who were born to rule and had inherited a tradition of accomplishment which they followed proudly . His ambition , like theirs , was statesmanship : either to uphold the better cause in Parliament or to ...
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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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