Lectures on the English Comic WritersG. Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1951 - 248 oldal |
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21. oldal
... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in " foregone conclusion , " but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , indeed , this may be considered as the ...
... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in " foregone conclusion , " but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , indeed , this may be considered as the ...
22. oldal
... truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or , to put it ...
... truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or , to put it ...
218. oldal
... truth of which every one must feel , but from vague topics and general rules , the truth of which is the very thing to be proved in detail , has lost that fine vantage ground which the stage lends to virtue ; takes away from it its best ...
... truth of which every one must feel , but from vague topics and general rules , the truth of which is the very thing to be proved in detail , has lost that fine vantage ground which the stage lends to virtue ; takes away from it its best ...
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LECTURE PAGE | 1 |
ON SHAKESPEARE AND BEN JONSON | 36 |
ON COWLEY BUTLER SUCKLING ETHER | 61 |
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