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... reality follow from their conduct must not appear . If they did , the comedy would cease to exist : the jealous husband would become a tragic personage ; the heavy father a Galsworthy character ; the rake would be revealed as a pest ...
... reality follow from their conduct must not appear . If they did , the comedy would cease to exist : the jealous husband would become a tragic personage ; the heavy father a Galsworthy character ; the rake would be revealed as a pest ...
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... reality than the poignant epigrams of Racine . In life , men's minds are not sharpened , they are diffused , by ... reality , save that , after all , reality has no degrees . Who can affirm that the wild ambiguities of our hearts and the ...
... reality than the poignant epigrams of Racine . In life , men's minds are not sharpened , they are diffused , by ... reality , save that , after all , reality has no degrees . Who can affirm that the wild ambiguities of our hearts and the ...
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... reality the whole Romantic movement meant nothing to him . There is a story of a meeting in the house of a common friend between him and Hugo , in which the two men faced each other like a couple of cats with their backs up and their ...
... reality the whole Romantic movement meant nothing to him . There is a story of a meeting in the house of a common friend between him and Hugo , in which the two men faced each other like a couple of cats with their backs up and their ...
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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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