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... less distasteful quality than his disregard of the common realities of existence . Not only is the subject- matter of the greater part of his poetry remote and dubious ; his very characters themselves seem to be infected by their ...
... less distasteful quality than his disregard of the common realities of existence . Not only is the subject- matter of the greater part of his poetry remote and dubious ; his very characters themselves seem to be infected by their ...
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... less profoundly , an age of leisure . The conflict and torment of the religious struggles , into which the whole energies of the Renaissance had been plunged , were over ; the infinite agitations ushered in by the French Revolu- tion ...
... less profoundly , an age of leisure . The conflict and torment of the religious struggles , into which the whole energies of the Renaissance had been plunged , were over ; the infinite agitations ushered in by the French Revolu- tion ...
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... less powerful spirits can only prostrate themselves in dumb worship , like Egyptian priests before the enormous effigies of their gods . It would , besides , be beyond the scope of this essay to attempt an estimation of one whose place ...
... less powerful spirits can only prostrate themselves in dumb worship , like Egyptian priests before the enormous effigies of their gods . It would , besides , be beyond the scope of this essay to attempt an estimation of one whose place ...
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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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