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Page 115
... instance , his diction is the very echo of Racine's . There are the same pompous phrases , the same inversions , the same stereotyped list of similes , the same poor bedraggled company of words . It is amusing to note the exclamations ...
... instance , his diction is the very echo of Racine's . There are the same pompous phrases , the same inversions , the same stereotyped list of similes , the same poor bedraggled company of words . It is amusing to note the exclamations ...
Page 116
... instance , is an obvious reminiscence of the ' Qu'il mourût ! ' of le vieil Horace ; and the cloven hoof is shown clearly enough by the ' O ciel ! ' with which Alzire's confidante manages to fill out the rest of the line . Many of these ...
... instance , is an obvious reminiscence of the ' Qu'il mourût ! ' of le vieil Horace ; and the cloven hoof is shown clearly enough by the ' O ciel ! ' with which Alzire's confidante manages to fill out the rest of the line . Many of these ...
Page 184
... instance , the human mind , with its knowledge of the past , to a single eye receiving the light of the stars ; and the object of the comparison is to lay stress upon the concentration on one point of a vast multiplicity of objects ...
... instance , the human mind , with its knowledge of the past , to a single eye receiving the light of the stars ; and the object of the comparison is to lay stress upon the concentration on one point of a vast multiplicity of objects ...
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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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