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His remarks upon Browne's effect upon 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 ...
His remarks upon Browne's effect upon 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 ...
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II POPE , ADDISON , STEELE , AND SWIFT In the troubled sea of History two epochs seem to stand out like enchanted islands of delight and of repose - the Age of the Antonines and the eighteenth century . Gibbon's splendid eulogy of ...
II POPE , ADDISON , STEELE , AND SWIFT In the troubled sea of History two epochs seem to stand out like enchanted islands of delight and of repose - the Age of the Antonines and the eighteenth century . Gibbon's splendid eulogy of ...
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Whether such ideals were ever realised , whether their realisation was even possible , may indeed be doubted : what cannot be doubted is that they formed the framework of the eighteenth - century mind . Thus , when that period is dubbed ...
Whether such ideals were ever realised , whether their realisation was even possible , may indeed be doubted : what cannot be doubted is that they formed the framework of the eighteenth - century mind . Thus , when that period is dubbed ...
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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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| Title | Literary Essays His Collected works Volume 5 of Strachey: The coll. works The Collected works of Lytton Strachey, Lytton Strachey |
| Author | Lytton Strachey |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 295 pages |
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