Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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... least able either to dispel or even to understand . The object of this essay is , first , to face these diffi- culties , with the aid of Mr. Bailey's paper , which sums up in an able and interesting way the average English view of the ...
... least able either to dispel or even to understand . The object of this essay is , first , to face these diffi- culties , with the aid of Mr. Bailey's paper , which sums up in an able and interesting way the average English view of the ...
Page 77
... least drowned in its own sweetness , as bees are sometimes buried in their honey . ' In this exquisite passage Dryden seems to have come near , though not quite to have hit , the central argu- ment for rhyme - its power of creating a ...
... least drowned in its own sweetness , as bees are sometimes buried in their honey . ' In this exquisite passage Dryden seems to have come near , though not quite to have hit , the central argu- ment for rhyme - its power of creating a ...
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... least expect to find it . His humour is quiet ; but it is singularly free from re- straint . There is no subject upon which it may not suddenly perch , with a touch as light as a bird's . The death of Mr. Walpole's cat , and the death ...
... least expect to find it . His humour is quiet ; but it is singularly free from re- straint . There is no subject upon which it may not suddenly perch , with a touch as light as a bird's . The death of Mr. Walpole's cat , and the death ...
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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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