Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 152
... equality . Its idea embraces those of similarity , pro- portion , identity , repetition , and adaptation or fitness . It might not be very difficult to go even behind the idea of equality , and show both how and why it is that the human ...
... equality . Its idea embraces those of similarity , pro- portion , identity , repetition , and adaptation or fitness . It might not be very difficult to go even behind the idea of equality , and show both how and why it is that the human ...
Page 155
... equality being constantly at the bottom of the whole process , lines would naturally be made , in the first instance , equal in the number of their feet ; in the second instance , there would be varia- tion in the mere number : one line ...
... equality being constantly at the bottom of the whole process , lines would naturally be made , in the first instance , equal in the number of their feet ; in the second instance , there would be varia- tion in the mere number : one line ...
Page 157
... equality between the long syllable of each dactyl and the two short conjointly ; secondly , the absolute equality between each dactyl and any other dactyl - in other words , among all the dactyls ; thirdly , the absolute equality ...
... equality between the long syllable of each dactyl and the two short conjointly ; secondly , the absolute equality between each dactyl and any other dactyl - in other words , among all the dactyls ; thirdly , the absolute equality ...
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The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
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