Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... human nature , and beheld its weaknesses and errors trans- ferred to another species . Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd , obstinate , proud , angry animal ; and clothed ...
... human nature , and beheld its weaknesses and errors trans- ferred to another species . Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd , obstinate , proud , angry animal ; and clothed ...
Strana 113
... human nature , at least of English nature ; and masterly pictures of the characters of men as he saw them existing . This quality distinguishes all his works , and is shown almost equally in all of them . As a painter of real life , he ...
... human nature , at least of English nature ; and masterly pictures of the characters of men as he saw them existing . This quality distinguishes all his works , and is shown almost equally in all of them . As a painter of real life , he ...
Strana 248
... human affairs , though not always selfish and calculating . Honour is one great standard - bearer and puissant leader in the struggle of human life ; and less than honour ( a nickname or a bugbear ) is enough to set the multitude ...
... human affairs , though not always selfish and calculating . Honour is one great standard - bearer and puissant leader in the struggle of human life ; and less than honour ( a nickname or a bugbear ) is enough to set the multitude ...
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