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Page 88
... suggestion that Jean and Robert were married . Why the paper was mutilated rather than destroyed is difficult to understand ; nor is it easy to see why Aiken , with his expert legal knowledge , did not persuade Armour of the irrelevance ...
... suggestion that Jean and Robert were married . Why the paper was mutilated rather than destroyed is difficult to understand ; nor is it easy to see why Aiken , with his expert legal knowledge , did not persuade Armour of the irrelevance ...
Page 126
... suggestion that even the devil might perhaps repent and escape from ' yon den ' is not the mere sentimentality that some critics have believed it to be : it is a satiric thrust at the Calvinist view adroitly disguised as a piece of ...
... suggestion that even the devil might perhaps repent and escape from ' yon den ' is not the mere sentimentality that some critics have believed it to be : it is a satiric thrust at the Calvinist view adroitly disguised as a piece of ...
Page 152
... suggestion is , it swells out and provides an implicit moral basis for the poem . The note of friendly compassion grows : sometimes odd ear ; twenty - four sheaves what's left I doubt na , whyles , but thou may thieve ; What then ? poor ...
... suggestion is , it swells out and provides an implicit moral basis for the poem . The note of friendly compassion grows : sometimes odd ear ; twenty - four sheaves what's left I doubt na , whyles , but thou may thieve ; What then ? poor ...
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