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... eighteenth - century prose show clearly enough the true bent of his opinions ; and they show , too , how completely misleading a preconceived theory may be . The study of Sir Thomas Browne , Mr. Gosse says , ' en- couraged Johnson , and ...
... eighteenth - century prose show clearly enough the true bent of his opinions ; and they show , too , how completely misleading a preconceived theory may be . The study of Sir Thomas Browne , Mr. Gosse says , ' en- couraged Johnson , and ...
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... eighteenth century . Gibbon's splendid eulogy of ' that period in the history of the world which elapsed from the ... eighteenth century was essentially a stage in a great upward movement of mankind , while the golden evening of Marcus ...
... eighteenth century . Gibbon's splendid eulogy of ' that period in the history of the world which elapsed from the ... eighteenth century was essentially a stage in a great upward movement of mankind , while the golden evening of Marcus ...
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... eighteenth - century mind . Thus , when that period is dubbed the age of ' artifi- ciality , ' there is one sense in which the imputation is true enough . The age was certainly ' artificial ' in so far as it was the very contrary of ...
... eighteenth - century mind . Thus , when that period is dubbed the age of ' artifi- ciality , ' there is one sense in which the imputation is true enough . The age was certainly ' artificial ' in so far as it was the very contrary of ...
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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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