Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may sometimes , indeed , be ...
... light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may sometimes , indeed , be ...
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... Light , which forms a perfect contrast to Milton's Invocation to Light , in the commencement of the third book of Paradise Lost , begins in the following manner : — ' First - born of Chaos , who so fair didst come From the old negro's ...
... Light , which forms a perfect contrast to Milton's Invocation to Light , in the commencement of the third book of Paradise Lost , begins in the following manner : — ' First - born of Chaos , who so fair didst come From the old negro's ...
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... light thrown on human life from an assumed character , nor any direct one from a display of the author's own . The Tatler and Spectator are , as it were , made up of notes and memorandums of the events and incidents of the day , with ...
... light thrown on human life from an assumed character , nor any direct one from a display of the author's own . The Tatler and Spectator are , as it were , made up of notes and memorandums of the events and incidents of the day , with ...
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