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The Great Girard

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Chapter 11

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OF VERS DE SOCIETE

by LovelyMay — In the letter "Of Vers De Societe" addressed to Mr. Gifted Hopkins, the writer critiques Hopkins's poem "To Delia in Girton," advising against his attempt at society verses, highlighting the challenge of this genre even for the ancients who excelled in other poetic forms. The writer navigates through historical and cultural contexts, from Theocritus's AEolic verses, emblematic of tasteful gift-giving and unobtrusive flattery, to the limitations observed in Roman and Greek poetry, where societal norms…
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THE WITCH

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II -The Witchand Other Stories

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CHAPTER 5 -The beasts of Tarzan

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CHAPTER XII-For Greater Things

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CHAPTER V -Thuvia, Maid of Mars

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LADY BOOK-LOVERS

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1. Ma

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