Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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... precisely what it is , had Sir Thomas Browne never written the Christian Morals . That Johnson and his disciples had no inkling of the inner spirit of the writer to whose outward form they owed so much , has been pointed out by Mr ...
... precisely what it is , had Sir Thomas Browne never written the Christian Morals . That Johnson and his disciples had no inkling of the inner spirit of the writer to whose outward form they owed so much , has been pointed out by Mr ...
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... precisely lies the difference ? Later , Mr. Summers justifies the comedies of the Restoration on the ground that they were a truthful representation of life as it was lived in the high society of the time . ' A close parallel , ' he ...
... precisely lies the difference ? Later , Mr. Summers justifies the comedies of the Restoration on the ground that they were a truthful representation of life as it was lived in the high society of the time . ' A close parallel , ' he ...
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... and wonderful significance . The truth is that it is precisely in such cases as Dostoievsky's that the presence or the absence of humour is of the highest importance . With some writers it hardly occurs to us 216 A RUSSIAN HUMORIST.
... and wonderful significance . The truth is that it is precisely in such cases as Dostoievsky's that the presence or the absence of humour is of the highest importance . With some writers it hardly occurs to us 216 A RUSSIAN HUMORIST.
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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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