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Page 84
... with this capacity for poised and subtle variety goes a remarkable command of varied satiric tones.2 The polite- Epilogue to the Satires , Dialogue II . 1 2 See Note . ness of the Atticus portrait is very different from that 84 REVALUATION.
... with this capacity for poised and subtle variety goes a remarkable command of varied satiric tones.2 The polite- Epilogue to the Satires , Dialogue II . 1 2 See Note . ness of the Atticus portrait is very different from that 84 REVALUATION.
Page 110
... remarkable , though his greatness is not purely Augustan . But apart from Pope Gay , Parnell , Swift , Prior ? The first two are representative period figures , of very minor interest ; that their names should stand out in the accepted ...
... remarkable , though his greatness is not purely Augustan . But apart from Pope Gay , Parnell , Swift , Prior ? The first two are representative period figures , of very minor interest ; that their names should stand out in the accepted ...
Page 223
... remarkable exception : his genius may be essentially lyrical , but he can , transcending limitations , write great drama . This estimate of The Cenci is cer- tainly a remarkable instance of vis inertiae - of the power of conventional ...
... remarkable exception : his genius may be essentially lyrical , but he can , transcending limitations , write great drama . This estimate of The Cenci is cer- tainly a remarkable instance of vis inertiae - of the power of conventional ...
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