English Literature in the Eighteenth CenturyHarper & brothers, 1883 - 450 páginas |
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... notice , were different varieties of the one great cause , practice . When only scholars read , the theatre sup- plied the literary pabulum of the great majority of the people ; the Puritans read the Bible , and but little else- and the ...
... notice , were different varieties of the one great cause , practice . When only scholars read , the theatre sup- plied the literary pabulum of the great majority of the people ; the Puritans read the Bible , and but little else- and the ...
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... anew , Greek and Roman writers were not so clearly distinguished as they have been in later times . They were classical writers , and that was enough . What we notice in modern Europe is this , that English Literature . II.
... anew , Greek and Roman writers were not so clearly distinguished as they have been in later times . They were classical writers , and that was enough . What we notice in modern Europe is this , that English Literature . II.
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Thomas Sergeant Perry. What we notice in modern Europe is this , that it was much more commonly the Roman than the Grecian writ- ers who served as models . Thus the modern drama of Italy , France , and England began with copying Seneca ...
Thomas Sergeant Perry. What we notice in modern Europe is this , that it was much more commonly the Roman than the Grecian writ- ers who served as models . Thus the modern drama of Italy , France , and England began with copying Seneca ...
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... who came in for incidental notice , yet these debts he paid without any exhibition of the malice that would have taken the sting from his lash . He describes Shaftesbury thus : " Of these the false English Literature . 51.
... who came in for incidental notice , yet these debts he paid without any exhibition of the malice that would have taken the sting from his lash . He describes Shaftesbury thus : " Of these the false English Literature . 51.
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... notice the evident truthfulness of this compact description , and the absence of personal feeling ; merits which are always rare in controversial writing , and especially rare at this time . And it is equally impossible to overlook the ...
... notice the evident truthfulness of this compact description , and the absence of personal feeling ; merits which are always rare in controversial writing , and especially rare at this time . And it is equally impossible to overlook the ...
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