Lectures on the English Comic Writers with Miscellaneous EssaysJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1963 - Počet stran: 346 |
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... manners . The most pungent ridicule , is that which 13 directed to mortify vanity , and to expose affectation ; but vanity and affectation , in their most exorbitant and studied excesses , are the ruling principles of society , only in ...
... manners . The most pungent ridicule , is that which 13 directed to mortify vanity , and to expose affectation ; but vanity and affectation , in their most exorbitant and studied excesses , are the ruling principles of society , only in ...
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... manners . Now this distinction can subsist , so as to be strong , pointed , and general , only while the manners of different classes are formed almost immediately by their particular circumstances , and the characters of individuals by ...
... manners . Now this distinction can subsist , so as to be strong , pointed , and general , only while the manners of different classes are formed almost immediately by their particular circumstances , and the characters of individuals by ...
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... manners , and it has of late years been gradually refining away . There is a certain grossness or freedom of expression , which may arise as often from unsuspecting simplicity as from avowed profligacy . What- ever may be our progress ...
... manners , and it has of late years been gradually refining away . There is a certain grossness or freedom of expression , which may arise as often from unsuspecting simplicity as from avowed profligacy . What- ever may be our progress ...
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