Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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... kind will not repay , and perhaps do not deserve , any careful consideration ? Certainly they are not calculated to spare the susceptibilities of Englishmen . And , after all , this is only natural ; a French critic addresses a French ...
... kind will not repay , and perhaps do not deserve , any careful consideration ? Certainly they are not calculated to spare the susceptibilities of Englishmen . And , after all , this is only natural ; a French critic addresses a French ...
Page 68
... kind in his pages will be disappointed . His daring is of a different kind ; it is not the daring of adventure but of in- tensity ; his fine surprises are seized out of the very heart of his subject , and seized in a single stroke ...
... kind in his pages will be disappointed . His daring is of a different kind ; it is not the daring of adventure but of in- tensity ; his fine surprises are seized out of the very heart of his subject , and seized in a single stroke ...
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... kind of barbarism did not stand in the way of an almost childish gaiety . In Yorkshire , we find the Inchbalds , the Siddonses , and Kemble retiring to the moors , in the intervals of business , to play blind man's buff or puss - in ...
... kind of barbarism did not stand in the way of an almost childish gaiety . In Yorkshire , we find the Inchbalds , the Siddonses , and Kemble retiring to the moors , in the intervals of business , to play blind man's buff or puss - in ...
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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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