College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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Page 267
... tion of life that character and act should be in perfect equipoise ; to find them so is the supreme moment of art . It was the moment of Shakespeare and Homer , in drama and epic ; and it is the moment of Scott in the novel . The living ...
... tion of life that character and act should be in perfect equipoise ; to find them so is the supreme moment of art . It was the moment of Shakespeare and Homer , in drama and epic ; and it is the moment of Scott in the novel . The living ...
Page 287
... tion of temper , his sensitiveness to impression , his reverent apprecia- tion of the good and the beautiful , make any such offhand and in- discriminating condemnation unthinkable . The more closely it is examined , the more clear does ...
... tion of temper , his sensitiveness to impression , his reverent apprecia- tion of the good and the beautiful , make any such offhand and in- discriminating condemnation unthinkable . The more closely it is examined , the more clear does ...
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... tion to command in battle . In the sphere of strategy he thought clearly and directly , if not deeply , and his choice of the ultimate American battleground was fixed in his mind soon after his arrival in France . The British were ...
... tion to command in battle . In the sphere of strategy he thought clearly and directly , if not deeply , and his choice of the ultimate American battleground was fixed in his mind soon after his arrival in France . The British were ...
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