In Search of Stability: The Poetry of William CowperBookman Associates, 1960 - 189 pages |
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... society , limited to a few similarly disposed people , is further evidenced in a revealing passage in “ Re- tirement " : solitude , however some may rave , Seeming a sanctuary , proves a grave , A sepulchre in which the living lie ...
... society , limited to a few similarly disposed people , is further evidenced in a revealing passage in “ Re- tirement " : solitude , however some may rave , Seeming a sanctuary , proves a grave , A sepulchre in which the living lie ...
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... society without social intercourse seems to be a solecism and a con- tradiction in terms . . . . " ( Correspondence , I , 73 ) . Society , the society of sober friends , he sees pre - eminently as a civiliz- ing influence : in the ...
... society without social intercourse seems to be a solecism and a con- tradiction in terms . . . . " ( Correspondence , I , 73 ) . Society , the society of sober friends , he sees pre - eminently as a civiliz- ing influence : in the ...
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... society , the state . When it is a beleaguered , op- pressed figure of stability at bay , he sees · · • the old castle of the state , That promis'd once more firmness , so assail'd That all its tempest - beaten turrets shake , Stand ...
... society , the state . When it is a beleaguered , op- pressed figure of stability at bay , he sees · · • the old castle of the state , That promis'd once more firmness , so assail'd That all its tempest - beaten turrets shake , Stand ...
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