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... greatest refreshment to the spirits of men ; without which , palaces and buildings are but gross handy works : And a ... greatest of the " metaphysical " poets , perhaps the world's greatest metaphysical poet : ardent , tortured ...
... greatest refreshment to the spirits of men ; without which , palaces and buildings are but gross handy works : And a ... greatest of the " metaphysical " poets , perhaps the world's greatest metaphysical poet : ardent , tortured ...
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... greatest names in English literature , and the Tale of a Tub and Gulliver's Travels the greatest satires in the English language . Swift , though called " the great Irish patriot , " was Irish only in the sense of having been born in ...
... greatest names in English literature , and the Tale of a Tub and Gulliver's Travels the greatest satires in the English language . Swift , though called " the great Irish patriot , " was Irish only in the sense of having been born in ...
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... greatest name in Russian literature , was born on the family estate at Yasnaya Poliana and educated at Kazan University . He fought in the Crimean War and was present at the storming of Sebastopol . He then retired from the army , and ...
... greatest name in Russian literature , was born on the family estate at Yasnaya Poliana and educated at Kazan University . He fought in the Crimean War and was present at the storming of Sebastopol . He then retired from the army , and ...
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HOMER | 18 |
THE STORY OF THE BIBLE | 41 |
THE ENGLISH BIBLE AS LITERATURE | 74 |
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