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... head And pipes that feed the presse . and ( ' The Pearl ' ) Why do I languish thus , drooping and dull , As if I were all earth ? ( ' Dulnesse ' ) Herbert's confident colloquialisms and use of mundane imagery may also owe something to ...
... head And pipes that feed the presse . and ( ' The Pearl ' ) Why do I languish thus , drooping and dull , As if I were all earth ? ( ' Dulnesse ' ) Herbert's confident colloquialisms and use of mundane imagery may also owe something to ...
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... head and body or of father and children , can be linked with the view of the country gentry , in their coun- try houses , as being in loco regis , deputies for the monarch or extensions of monarchic power . This suggests a line which ...
... head and body or of father and children , can be linked with the view of the country gentry , in their coun- try houses , as being in loco regis , deputies for the monarch or extensions of monarchic power . This suggests a line which ...
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... head , And at his feete lay innocently dead . ( 1. 247-8 ) Such a style works well in satirical writing , reinforcing the basic satiric device of seeing experience in terms of black and white , and it allows Cow- ley to create some ...
... head , And at his feete lay innocently dead . ( 1. 247-8 ) Such a style works well in satirical writing , reinforcing the basic satiric device of seeing experience in terms of black and white , and it allows Cow- ley to create some ...
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