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Page 21
... turn , the legitimate ruler of the world , should depend on the way in which , when our time comes , we see it and will it . Therefore for other people enamoured of their own newly discerned right , to attempt to impose it upon AT THE ...
... turn , the legitimate ruler of the world , should depend on the way in which , when our time comes , we see it and will it . Therefore for other people enamoured of their own newly discerned right , to attempt to impose it upon AT THE ...
Page 93
... turn- ing Homer's sentiments pointedly and rhetorically ; at investing Homer's description with ornament and dignity . A sentiment may be changed by being put into a pointed and oratorical form , yet may still be very effective in that ...
... turn- ing Homer's sentiments pointedly and rhetorically ; at investing Homer's description with ornament and dignity . A sentiment may be changed by being put into a pointed and oratorical form , yet may still be very effective in that ...
Page 286
... turn , cannot save us from anarchy . And when , therefore , anarchy presents itself as a danger to us , we know not where to turn . But by our best self we are united , impersonal , at har- mony . We are in no peril from giving ...
... turn , cannot save us from anarchy . And when , therefore , anarchy presents itself as a danger to us , we know not where to turn . But by our best self we are united , impersonal , at har- mony . We are in no peril from giving ...
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THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM AT | 12 |
THE STUDY OF POETRY 46 | 46 |
ON TRANSLATING HOMER abridged | 78 |
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