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Page 94
As a result , he says , “ although we do not look for jokes among the serious students of Newton and Locke ' , yet ' a person brought up in the old tradition of wit might well find that some of the ideas of Newton and Locke suited his ...
As a result , he says , “ although we do not look for jokes among the serious students of Newton and Locke ' , yet ' a person brought up in the old tradition of wit might well find that some of the ideas of Newton and Locke suited his ...
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Even if he is bitterly opposed to all this aspect of the thought of his time , he can , just for that reason , push it to an extreme , to make it look silly . In fact , this pun or this metaphor ( the device partakes of both ) ...
Even if he is bitterly opposed to all this aspect of the thought of his time , he can , just for that reason , push it to an extreme , to make it look silly . In fact , this pun or this metaphor ( the device partakes of both ) ...
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The questions crop up only when , as too seldom happens , we try to see our native literature in the context of foreign literatures ; for then we discover that , in any foreign literature we are likely to look at , the term and the ...
The questions crop up only when , as too seldom happens , we try to see our native literature in the context of foreign literatures ; for then we discover that , in any foreign literature we are likely to look at , the term and the ...
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Contents
Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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| Title | Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American Literature G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Donald Davie |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0856359793, 9780856359798 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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