Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... less muscular strength ; less power of continued voluntary attention - of reason , passion , and imagination : but they are more easily impressed with whatever appeals to their senses or habitual prejudices . intuitive perception of ...
... less muscular strength ; less power of continued voluntary attention - of reason , passion , and imagination : but they are more easily impressed with whatever appeals to their senses or habitual prejudices . intuitive perception of ...
Strana 161
... less entertaining when he becomes Manager , and gives us an exact statement of his squabbles with the Lord ... less common ( though more fashionable ) was less catching than at present ? The first inference is by no means in our favour ...
... less entertaining when he becomes Manager , and gives us an exact statement of his squabbles with the Lord ... less common ( though more fashionable ) was less catching than at present ? The first inference is by no means in our favour ...
Strana 185
... less sincere because it does not always play upon the cheek ; and the jest is not the less welcome , nor the laugh less hearty , because they happen to be a relief from care or leaden - eyed melancholy . The instances are the more ...
... less sincere because it does not always play upon the cheek ; and the jest is not the less welcome , nor the laugh less hearty , because they happen to be a relief from care or leaden - eyed melancholy . The instances are the more ...
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