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... mind of England like a new creation . If England had been left to the full exercise of her powers , thus awakened , probably no nation of Europe would have made a more rapid progress to the highest intellectual excellence . But war came ...
... mind of England like a new creation . If England had been left to the full exercise of her powers , thus awakened , probably no nation of Europe would have made a more rapid progress to the highest intellectual excellence . But war came ...
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... came intellectual honours . Chaucer's mind was cast in the mould of Poetry , and his genius was practised and enriched by the most * Born in London , 1328 , died 1400 . singular diversity of knowledge and situation . He was a PREFACE .
... came intellectual honours . Chaucer's mind was cast in the mould of Poetry , and his genius was practised and enriched by the most * Born in London , 1328 , died 1400 . singular diversity of knowledge and situation . He was a PREFACE .
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... mind may be attributed some of the characteristics of his poetry , for in Ireland , and in the midst of its most delicious scenery , he completed the " Fairy Queen . " The faults of this celebrated poem are obvious , and must be traced ...
... mind may be attributed some of the characteristics of his poetry , for in Ireland , and in the midst of its most delicious scenery , he completed the " Fairy Queen . " The faults of this celebrated poem are obvious , and must be traced ...
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... mind , but of the whole range of the simple , the lovely , and the sublime . His force and flow have the easy strength of the tide ; and his lights and shadows are thrown with the rich negligence , yet with the intensity and grandeur of ...
... mind , but of the whole range of the simple , the lovely , and the sublime . His force and flow have the easy strength of the tide ; and his lights and shadows are thrown with the rich negligence , yet with the intensity and grandeur of ...
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... minds , crowns his supremacy ; for it must have proceeded from either the creative facility that made all effort trivial ; or the still nobler faculty , that sense of ... mind . Milton's * genius was equal to his theme , and PREFACE . ix.
... minds , crowns his supremacy ; for it must have proceeded from either the creative facility that made all effort trivial ; or the still nobler faculty , that sense of ... mind . Milton's * genius was equal to his theme , and PREFACE . ix.
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