Satire and Satirists: Six LecturesD. Bogue, 1854 - 276 страници |
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... literary objects , give us valuable aid in studying the life of the age in which they were produced . I think that general readers somewhat neglect the Satirists ; and one of my objects has been , I confess , in the language of Cicero ...
... literary objects , give us valuable aid in studying the life of the age in which they were produced . I think that general readers somewhat neglect the Satirists ; and one of my objects has been , I confess , in the language of Cicero ...
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... literary story - a production taking its own place by the side of Poetry , Comedy , and Tragedy— such is Satire . Perhaps there is no kind of literary work wherein heart and hand go so closely toge- ther ; and which , therefore , is so ...
... literary story - a production taking its own place by the side of Poetry , Comedy , and Tragedy— such is Satire . Perhaps there is no kind of literary work wherein heart and hand go so closely toge- ther ; and which , therefore , is so ...
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... literary battle - fields , where , however , I hope corn is now to be gathered ; for there used to be a great fight about this point of the origin of Satire . Many a time it has set commentators by the ears ; and the ears of ...
... literary battle - fields , where , however , I hope corn is now to be gathered ; for there used to be a great fight about this point of the origin of Satire . Many a time it has set commentators by the ears ; and the ears of ...
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... literary history . It gives an admirable idea of the life of those ancient scholars ; and testifies to the learning , the piety , the industry , and the affectionate nature of its great author . He came to London ( in company with ...
... literary history . It gives an admirable idea of the life of those ancient scholars ; and testifies to the learning , the piety , the industry , and the affectionate nature of its great author . He came to London ( in company with ...
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... literary expression of this element . So fortune would have it . The old ballad literature of Rome perished entirely . But for my part , I fancy that we get here and there , in several writers , a gleam of the old Roman humour , the ...
... literary expression of this element . So fortune would have it . The old ballad literature of Rome perished entirely . But for my part , I fancy that we get here and there , in several writers , a gleam of the old Roman humour , the ...
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