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... humour would be as fallacious as to suppose that Shakespeare had none because he had written Othello . Indeed , just as a perspicacious reader , unacquainted with the rest of Shakespeare , might infer from the massive breadth and the ...
... humour would be as fallacious as to suppose that Shakespeare had none because he had written Othello . Indeed , just as a perspicacious reader , unacquainted with the rest of Shakespeare , might infer from the massive breadth and the ...
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... humour , but of humour which has almost transcended itself- a smile felt so profoundly that it is only shown in the eyes . 1914 . MR . HARDY'S NEW POEMS MR . HARDY'S new volume 219 A RUSSIAN HUMORIST.
... humour , but of humour which has almost transcended itself- a smile felt so profoundly that it is only shown in the eyes . 1914 . MR . HARDY'S NEW POEMS MR . HARDY'S new volume 219 A RUSSIAN HUMORIST.
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... humour - the humour of the gently ironical suggestion , not the humour of the loud guffaw . The wild hilarity of a Lamb , and the sombre sarcasm of a Swift were alike alien to his spirit . Nor did he know the Shandean giddiness ; he ...
... humour - the humour of the gently ironical suggestion , not the humour of the loud guffaw . The wild hilarity of a Lamb , and the sombre sarcasm of a Swift were alike alien to his spirit . Nor did he know the Shandean giddiness ; he ...
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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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