The Essays of Mark Van Doren (1924-1972)Greenwood Press, 1980 - 270 sider |
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... wrote Kierkegaard in 1843 ; " my complaint is that it is wretched ; for it lacks passion . Men's thoughts are thin and flimsy like lace , they are themselves pitiable like the lacemakers . The thoughts of their hearts are too paltry to ...
... wrote Kierkegaard in 1843 ; " my complaint is that it is wretched ; for it lacks passion . Men's thoughts are thin and flimsy like lace , they are themselves pitiable like the lacemakers . The thoughts of their hearts are too paltry to ...
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... wrote also in the human tongue , and that tongue - witness Shake- speare - can be comprehended anywhere . Even we who are most vain of our knowledge that Shakespeare wrote English as no one else ever has can also take pleasure in ...
... wrote also in the human tongue , and that tongue - witness Shake- speare - can be comprehended anywhere . Even we who are most vain of our knowledge that Shakespeare wrote English as no one else ever has can also take pleasure in ...
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... wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey . Shakespeare did not write , at any rate in public , about whether or not it was possible to write Hamlet ; he wrote it , and made it seem easy . But Whitman , after his brave start , is forever doubting ...
... wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey . Shakespeare did not write , at any rate in public , about whether or not it was possible to write Hamlet ; he wrote it , and made it seem easy . But Whitman , after his brave start , is forever doubting ...
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