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... tion and classicism of Browne's style - are difficult to reply to , because they must seem , to anyone who holds a contrary opinion , to betray such a total lack of sympathy with the sub- ject as to make argument all but impossible . To ...
... tion and classicism of Browne's style - are difficult to reply to , because they must seem , to anyone who holds a contrary opinion , to betray such a total lack of sympathy with the sub- ject as to make argument all but impossible . To ...
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... tion begins . He knew little or nothing of general laws ; but his interest in isolated phenomena was intense . And the more singular the phenomena , the more he was attracted . He was always ready to begin some strange inquiry . He ...
... tion begins . He knew little or nothing of general laws ; but his interest in isolated phenomena was intense . And the more singular the phenomena , the more he was attracted . He was always ready to begin some strange inquiry . He ...
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... tion of decorous restraint ; so that the effect of his plays is as anomalous as would be - let us say that of a shilling shocker written by Miss Yonge . His heroines go mad in epigrams , while his villains commit murder in inversions ...
... tion of decorous restraint ; so that the effect of his plays is as anomalous as would be - let us say that of a shilling shocker written by Miss Yonge . His heroines go mad in epigrams , while his villains commit murder in inversions ...
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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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