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... passion any symbol of the Platonic idea of love or any proof of anything except the reality and zest of the experience . His love songs are not , for the most part , about Love ; they are about two people ( or one person ) in a state of ...
... passion any symbol of the Platonic idea of love or any proof of anything except the reality and zest of the experience . His love songs are not , for the most part , about Love ; they are about two people ( or one person ) in a state of ...
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... passions ' . Macpherson's Ossian had prepared them to find the tenderest sensibilities in primitive poets . They were also for the most part genteel , highly respectable , moralistic , optimistic , and inclined to confuse poetry with ...
... passions ' . Macpherson's Ossian had prepared them to find the tenderest sensibilities in primitive poets . They were also for the most part genteel , highly respectable , moralistic , optimistic , and inclined to confuse poetry with ...
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... passion of enthusiasm for his native culture , brought it together , preserved it , reshaped it , gave it new life and spirit , speaking with the great anony- mous voice of the Scottish people and uttering that voice with an assurance ...
... passion of enthusiasm for his native culture , brought it together , preserved it , reshaped it , gave it new life and spirit , speaking with the great anony- mous voice of the Scottish people and uttering that voice with an assurance ...
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