Literature and CriticismChatto and Windus, 1953 - 190 pages |
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Page 87
... death's import- ance , and ' He knows death to the bone ' , with its powerful certainty of the man's courage in knowledge , is extremely effective : death is belittled not only by the euphemistic way of describing it in ' Supersession ...
... death's import- ance , and ' He knows death to the bone ' , with its powerful certainty of the man's courage in knowledge , is extremely effective : death is belittled not only by the euphemistic way of describing it in ' Supersession ...
Page 127
... death but only to banishment : Ha , banishment ! be merciful , say ' death ' ; For exile hath more terror in his look , Much more than death : do not say ' banishment ' . And when the Friar points out that he is after all only being ...
... death but only to banishment : Ha , banishment ! be merciful , say ' death ' ; For exile hath more terror in his look , Much more than death : do not say ' banishment ' . And when the Friar points out that he is after all only being ...
Page 176
... Death - choked say or shriek . The helpful Washerwoman running in , there is no Friend of the People , or Friend of the Washer- woman left ; but his life with a groan gushes out , indig- nant , to the shades below . ( b ) THOMAS CARLYLE ...
... Death - choked say or shriek . The helpful Washerwoman running in , there is no Friend of the People , or Friend of the Washer- woman left ; but his life with a groan gushes out , indig- nant , to the shades below . ( b ) THOMAS CARLYLE ...
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