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... sense of having a particular destiny , even of being charged with a unique mission . " ( 5 ) . This sense was partly due to England's economic supremacy and colonial power . In 1897 at the jubilee which celebrated the sixtieth year of ...
... sense of having a particular destiny , even of being charged with a unique mission . " ( 5 ) . This sense was partly due to England's economic supremacy and colonial power . In 1897 at the jubilee which celebrated the sixtieth year of ...
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... sense , and that sense invol- ves a perception not only of the pastness of the past but of its presence also . The historical sense is thus a sense of the timeless as well as of the temporal taken together . ( 15 ) No separation should ...
... sense , and that sense invol- ves a perception not only of the pastness of the past but of its presence also . The historical sense is thus a sense of the timeless as well as of the temporal taken together . ( 15 ) No separation should ...
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... sense of con- flict and suffering which constitute the hidden causes of the melancholy of his characters . While Rossetti was inclined to glorify the moments of intense joy , Morris was more awake to the sense of drama and melancholy ...
... sense of con- flict and suffering which constitute the hidden causes of the melancholy of his characters . While Rossetti was inclined to glorify the moments of intense joy , Morris was more awake to the sense of drama and melancholy ...
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PR461 | 7 |
ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL HISTORY | 18 |
THE INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUND | 29 |
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