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... whole- some bracing influence of unthinking merriment . The abandon of the best comedies inspires his whole - hearted enthusiasm . Here , surely , were matter enough for good fellow- ship , and that camaraderie between writer and reader ...
... whole- some bracing influence of unthinking merriment . The abandon of the best comedies inspires his whole - hearted enthusiasm . Here , surely , were matter enough for good fellow- ship , and that camaraderie between writer and reader ...
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... whole charm , and puts an end to our admiration of the sublime or beautiful . Reading the finest passage in Milton's " Paradise . Lost " in a false tone , will make it seem insipid and absurd . The cavilling at , or invidiously pointing ...
... whole charm , and puts an end to our admiration of the sublime or beautiful . Reading the finest passage in Milton's " Paradise . Lost " in a false tone , will make it seem insipid and absurd . The cavilling at , or invidiously pointing ...
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... whole endeavour : but unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so ...
... whole endeavour : but unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so ...
Contents
LECTURE PAGE | 1 |
ON SHAKESPEARE AND BEN JONSON | 36 |
ON COWLEY BUTLER SUCKLING ETHER | 61 |
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