A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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... Satire . It centres round a com- parison between Horace , Juvenal , and Persius , the upshot of which is that Dryden , while feeling a greater esteem for the urbanity of Horace , and the helpfulness of his ... SATIRE AND THE SATIRICAL SPIRIT.
... Satire . It centres round a com- parison between Horace , Juvenal , and Persius , the upshot of which is that Dryden , while feeling a greater esteem for the urbanity of Horace , and the helpfulness of his ... SATIRE AND THE SATIRICAL SPIRIT.
Page 640
... Satire on a Lady of Ireland are witty , biting poems , not free from harshness or indelicacy , quick in movement , pleasing in form , but devoid of any serious originality . Their scope , besides , is exclusively individual . The Essay ...
... Satire on a Lady of Ireland are witty , biting poems , not free from harshness or indelicacy , quick in movement , pleasing in form , but devoid of any serious originality . Their scope , besides , is exclusively individual . The Essay ...
Page 641
... satire ; and it is not only comedy which sup- ports this statement : Otway in the tragedy of Venice Preserved portrays Shaftesbury under the repellent and recognizable traits of Senator Antonio ... SATIRE AND THE SATIRICAL SPIRIT 641.
... satire ; and it is not only comedy which sup- ports this statement : Otway in the tragedy of Venice Preserved portrays Shaftesbury under the repellent and recognizable traits of Senator Antonio ... SATIRE AND THE SATIRICAL SPIRIT 641.
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ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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