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Page 59
... feelings of the heart " ; for by this time he had discovered Henry Mackenzie's Man of Feeling and had been pre- cipitated into the mainstream of eighteenth - century sentimentalism . " My life flowed on much in the same tenor till my ...
... feelings of the heart " ; for by this time he had discovered Henry Mackenzie's Man of Feeling and had been pre- cipitated into the mainstream of eighteenth - century sentimentalism . " My life flowed on much in the same tenor till my ...
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... feeling of remorse in this connection . The reference to " some wandering stabs of remorse " earlier in the letter may be considered too slight an expression of his feelings under such circumstances , but one must remember that neither ...
... feeling of remorse in this connection . The reference to " some wandering stabs of remorse " earlier in the letter may be considered too slight an expression of his feelings under such circumstances , but one must remember that neither ...
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... feelings had become petrified he would not have felt the horror of petrified feeling which he expresses here ; the point seems to be that unless one's feelings do become petrified one cannot escape feelings of remorse and regret . It is ...
... feelings had become petrified he would not have felt the horror of petrified feeling which he expresses here ; the point seems to be that unless one's feelings do become petrified one cannot escape feelings of remorse and regret . It is ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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