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| American essays - 1892 - 880 pages
...the same aspect to her. " It was then, as has been said, that she impressed him most deeply. She was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of woman, — a whole sex condensed into one typical fjprm. He called her Artemis, Demeter, and other fanciful names, half teasingly, which she did not... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1892 - 540 pages
...then, as has been said, that she impressed him most deeply. She was no longer the milkmaid, but a 167 visionary essence of woman — a whole sex condensed into one typical form. He called her Artemis, Demeter, and other fanciful names half teasingly, which she did not like because... | |
| Robert Bridges - Books and reading - 1895 - 178 pages
...valleys cool your brow. While you read there is no woman in the world but Tess, and to you, as to Clare in the light of early morning, she is no longer the milkmaid, but "a visionary essence of woman—a whole sex condensed into one typical form." There is a Greek largeness and simplicity about... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck - Anthologies - 1901 - 422 pages
...the same aspect to her. It was then, as has been said, that she impressed him most deeply. She was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of...— a whole sex, condensed into one typical form. He called her Artemis, Demeter, and other fanciful names, half-teasingly, which she did not like because... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 328 pages
...the same aspect to her. It was then, as has been said, that she impressed him most deeply. She was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of...woman — a whole sex condensed into one typical form. He called her Artemis, Demeter, and other fanciful names half teasingly, which she did not like because... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1921 - 484 pages
...the same aspect to her. It was then, as has been said, that she impressed him most deeply. She was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of...woman — a whole sex condensed into one typical form. He called her Artemis, Demeter, and other fanciful names, half-teasingly, which she did not like because... | |
| Joseph Warren Beach - Fiction - 1922 - 276 pages
...the same aspect to her. It was then, as has been said, that she impressed him most deeply. She was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of...woman — a whole sex condensed into one typical form. He called her Artemis, Demeter, and other fanciful names, halfteasingly, which she did not like because... | |
| Pierre d'. Exideuil - Sex in literature - 1928 - 254 pages
...dernières scènes des Dynastes par « l'esprit des • i moralité trapar Waterloo Pi (3) She was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of...woman — a whole sex condensed into one typical form- Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Chap. XX, p. 169. logiques. Le théâtre où s'agitent les marionnettes... | |
| George Wotton - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 260 pages
...certain abstractions mediated by Angel's idealizing vision. She is transformed in Angel's sight: 'She was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of...— a whole sex condensed into one typical form.' He calls her Artemis, Demeter and 'other fanciful names'.14 Angel's idealization has a profound effect... | |
| Kathleen Wall - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 238 pages
...character in a reversal of the disguise motif in the myth. His habit is to see her as a goddess: "She was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of...woman - a whole sex condensed into one typical form. He called her Artemis, Demeter, and other fanciful names half-teasingly, which she did not like because... | |
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