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... adventure . reader ever began this poem without finishing it , or ever read it once without returning to it a second time . The effect upon the mind is No like that of some gorgeous tissue , gold - inwoven 60 [ CHAP . II . OUTLINES OF ...
... adventure . reader ever began this poem without finishing it , or ever read it once without returning to it a second time . The effect upon the mind is No like that of some gorgeous tissue , gold - inwoven 60 [ CHAP . II . OUTLINES OF ...
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... adventure can only be surpassed by the perfectly natural yet outrageously ludi- crous catastrophe of the intrigue in ... adventures of a certain errant - knight , Sir Thopas , and his wanderings in search of the Queen of Faërie . This is ...
... adventure can only be surpassed by the perfectly natural yet outrageously ludi- crous catastrophe of the intrigue in ... adventures of a certain errant - knight , Sir Thopas , and his wanderings in search of the Queen of Faërie . This is ...
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... adventure is undertaken by some particular knight ; each of the twelve knights typifying some moral virtue . " The first , " to ... adventures represent historical characters and events . 74 OUTLINES OF GENERAL LITERATURE . [ CHAP . III .
... adventure is undertaken by some particular knight ; each of the twelve knights typifying some moral virtue . " The first , " to ... adventures represent historical characters and events . 74 OUTLINES OF GENERAL LITERATURE . [ CHAP . III .
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... adventures . Half of the original design was thus finished ; six of the twelve adventures and moral virtues were produced : but unfortunately the world saw only some fragments more of the work . " Even were we not fully aware of the ...
... adventures . Half of the original design was thus finished ; six of the twelve adventures and moral virtues were produced : but unfortunately the world saw only some fragments more of the work . " Even were we not fully aware of the ...
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... adventures , performed by different and unconnected characters , and very feebly linked together by their being supposed to be undertaken at the command of Gloriana . Arthur is , it is true , the nominal hero , but he is soon forgotten ...
... adventures , performed by different and unconnected characters , and very feebly linked together by their being supposed to be undertaken at the command of Gloriana . Arthur is , it is true , the nominal hero , but he is soon forgotten ...
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