The Oral Study of LiteratureF. S. Crofts & Company, 1932 - 483 pages |
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... divine men and particularly divine kings to death , which seems to have been com- mon at a particular stage in the evolution of society and religion , was a crude but pathetic attempt to disengage an immortal spirit from its mortal ...
... divine men and particularly divine kings to death , which seems to have been com- mon at a particular stage in the evolution of society and religion , was a crude but pathetic attempt to disengage an immortal spirit from its mortal ...
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... divine . At first nothing good awaits him at home . His wife , Penelope , is surrounded by numerous suitors . Each one she promises to marry , when she has finished weaving a certain piece of work . She avoids keeping her promise by ...
... divine . At first nothing good awaits him at home . His wife , Penelope , is surrounded by numerous suitors . Each one she promises to marry , when she has finished weaving a certain piece of work . She avoids keeping her promise by ...
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... divine and universal mother , was the oldest of all Greek divinities , and corresponded to what we call Nature . The cult of Demeter dates back to the primeval ages of the Aryan race , when the three currents of Religion , Science , and ...
... divine and universal mother , was the oldest of all Greek divinities , and corresponded to what we call Nature . The cult of Demeter dates back to the primeval ages of the Aryan race , when the three currents of Religion , Science , and ...
Contents
PREFACE INTRODUCTION | 1 |
PASSAGES FOR READING AND STUDY | 39 |
Assertion and Implication | 433 |
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A. C. SWINBURNE ALFRED LORD TENNYSON ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH assertion beauty breath Cæsar CLARENCE DAY consciousness dark dead death Dionysus divine doth dream earth emotional emphasis eternal eyes fact fear feel flowers give glory grow H. L. MENCKEN hand happy hath hear heart heaven hope human ideas immortal king Knopf Lady of Shalott LEO TOLSTOI light literary live look LORD man's MATTHEW ARNOLD means mind moral nature never night o'er Odysseus once oral passion permission of Charles person poets poor published by Alfred reader reason religion rest ROBERT BROWNING sense sentence silent sing slave sleep song soul speak spirit stars student sweet tears thee thine things thought tion to-day truth voice whole wild WILFRED SCAWEN BLUNT WILLIAM WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind words writer wrong youth