This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...ceased) to care for passionate and romantic narrative. Its love-poetry, though still retaining an exquisite sweetness, was sinking towards gallantry and badinage. Its leaning in didactic verse was shifting from the metaphysical and theological to the scientific and merely ethical. It was acquiring a strong craving for ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...ceased) to care for passionate and romantic narrative. Its love-poetry, though still retaining an exquisite sweetness, was sinking towards gallantry and badinage. Its leaning in didactic verse was shifting from the metaphysical and theological to the scientific and merely ethical. It was acquiring a strong craving for satire--political and other. Above all, it was becoming gradually less dreamy and more business-like, while its critical tendencies in the lower sense were also being 1 Sandys (1577-1643), a traveller and a. translator, who wrote good prose as well as verse, published, rather late, translations of Oz/id (I632), paraphrases of the Scriptures (1636 and later), a tragedy, Christ': Passion, etc. (ed. Hooper, 2 vols. London, 1872). Saudys uses various metres, but has a distinct and early command of the couplet. For Sir john Beaumont, -u. sup. p. 35 5. awakened. For all these purposes the stanza, the sonnet, and the other forms dearest to the Elizabethans and Jacobeans proper were extremely ill suited. They all demanded oratorical point, clean hitting, and mathematical arrangement, for which the couplet was as well suited as the others were unapt. And though, even after nearly a century, it is difficult to get our ears to accept the fact, there is no doubt that to those surfeited with other sounds the sharp rattle, the regular tick, as it may be called, of this couplet was a grateful and agreeable change. We still have to make a positive effort to understand what four or five generations meant by saying that VValler had invented and Dryden perfected " harmony " and " smoothness of numbers." Mere study will indeed show us that the couplet had already acquired over these generations such a mastery that when they talked thu...
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Very Good. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! British SOFT COVERED later printing. Published in 1962. Covers are in Very Good + condition. Spine area of book is faded. Light soiling to front cover. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. Previous owners name stamped inside front cover. NO remainder mark.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
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This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN:
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Fair. 1903. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, red cloth boards. Spine is cracked and has some damage externally. Also boards and spine are sunned. Ex libris bookplate. 8x6.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. Library withdrawl in maroon cloth with light shelfwear; hinges shaken but textblock tight and contents bright and unamarked.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
