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... able , quite imperturbably , to enjoy the fun . There is nothing so shamelessly selfish as posterity . To us , after two centuries , the agonies suffered by the victims of Pope's naughtiness are a matter of indifference ; the fate of ...
... able , quite imperturbably , to enjoy the fun . There is nothing so shamelessly selfish as posterity . To us , after two centuries , the agonies suffered by the victims of Pope's naughtiness are a matter of indifference ; the fate of ...
Page 117
... able to get into such intimate contact with his great predecessor , and yet to remain as abso- lutely unaffected by him as Shakespeare himself was by Vol- taire . It is unnecessary to dwell further upon so hackneyed a subject ; but one ...
... able to get into such intimate contact with his great predecessor , and yet to remain as abso- lutely unaffected by him as Shakespeare himself was by Vol- taire . It is unnecessary to dwell further upon so hackneyed a subject ; but one ...
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... able to write good verses . That belief , made finally im- possible by Mr. Swinburne's elaborate Essay , is now , happily , nothing more than a curiosity of literary history ; and indeed signs are not wanting that the whirligig of Time ...
... able to write good verses . That belief , made finally im- possible by Mr. Swinburne's elaborate Essay , is now , happily , nothing more than a curiosity of literary history ; and indeed signs are not wanting that the whirligig of Time ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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