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The Italian poet Ariosto imagined , with some allegorical vagueness , that at the end of every man's thread of life there hung a medal stamped with his name , and that , as Death severed life's thread with its fatal shears , Time seized ...
The Italian poet Ariosto imagined , with some allegorical vagueness , that at the end of every man's thread of life there hung a medal stamped with his name , and that , as Death severed life's thread with its fatal shears , Time seized ...
Pagina 76
The efficient accuracy of the biographer's angle of observation will be substantially influenced by the distance of time which intervenes between the death of the biographic subject and the preparation of the biography .
The efficient accuracy of the biographer's angle of observation will be substantially influenced by the distance of time which intervenes between the death of the biographic subject and the preparation of the biography .
Pagina 80
Boswell began his Life of Johnson within a few months of the Doctor's death , and published it , despite its bulk , within seven years — before any serious inroad had been made on Johnson's circle as it was in his day .
Boswell began his Life of Johnson within a few months of the Doctor's death , and published it , despite its bulk , within seven years — before any serious inroad had been made on Johnson's circle as it was in his day .
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The Place of English Literature in the Modern | 1 |
Modern Language Research | 19 |
Principles of Biography | 31 |
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