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... mood ; a mood which impelled the philosophers to reject the official religious ideas of their country ( so hotly debated and so keenly expounded ) as a basis for the founda- tion of a new philosophical system , in favor of general ...
... mood ; a mood which impelled the philosophers to reject the official religious ideas of their country ( so hotly debated and so keenly expounded ) as a basis for the founda- tion of a new philosophical system , in favor of general ...
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... mood . It is true , of course , that the poem is a bacchanalian poem , with a de- liberately induced and not very profound roistering mood . But like " The Twa Dogs " it ends in a rather different mood from that in which it began ...
... mood . It is true , of course , that the poem is a bacchanalian poem , with a de- liberately induced and not very profound roistering mood . But like " The Twa Dogs " it ends in a rather different mood from that in which it began ...
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... mood rather than a philosophy , a mood of defiance of the rich and of happy acceptance of easygoing poverty . To seek for profundity of ethical thought here would be to miss the point of the poem , which seeks to capture a transitory ...
... mood rather than a philosophy , a mood of defiance of the rich and of happy acceptance of easygoing poverty . To seek for profundity of ethical thought here would be to miss the point of the poem , which seeks to capture a transitory ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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