Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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... elaborate label . He was ' di bellissima presenza , ma della pił scelerata natura che mai fosse huomo del mondo , ' and ' quantunque egli fosse di vilissimo animo , copriva nondimeno , coll'alte e superbe parole e colla sua presenza ...
... elaborate label . He was ' di bellissima presenza , ma della pił scelerata natura che mai fosse huomo del mondo , ' and ' quantunque egli fosse di vilissimo animo , copriva nondimeno , coll'alte e superbe parole e colla sua presenza ...
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... elaborate rhythm ? Not only is the Saxon form of speech devoid of splendour and suggestiveness ; its simplicity is still further emphasised by a spondaic rhythm which seems to produce ( by some mysterious rhythmic law ) an atmosphere of ...
... elaborate rhythm ? Not only is the Saxon form of speech devoid of splendour and suggestiveness ; its simplicity is still further emphasised by a spondaic rhythm which seems to produce ( by some mysterious rhythmic law ) an atmosphere of ...
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... elaborate picture of the Court of Versailles might have come straight out of the Lettres Persanes . Detached enough to recognise the absurdity of rouge and the injustice of torture , he perceived , perhaps more clearly than any other ...
... elaborate picture of the Court of Versailles might have come straight out of the Lettres Persanes . Detached enough to recognise the absurdity of rouge and the injustice of torture , he perceived , perhaps more clearly than any other ...
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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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