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There is a charmed stagnation about the whole epic — the more the characters do the less gets done , the less they ... as the plot requires it , live in a present which derives its character and manifestations entirely from the past .
There is a charmed stagnation about the whole epic — the more the characters do the less gets done , the less they ... as the plot requires it , live in a present which derives its character and manifestations entirely from the past .
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Walton , to be sure , was more aware than most of his contemporaries of the differences between a character and a ... Among the topics of interest in Reliquiae Wottonianae which he specifically pointed out were Wotton's characters .
Walton , to be sure , was more aware than most of his contemporaries of the differences between a character and a ... Among the topics of interest in Reliquiae Wottonianae which he specifically pointed out were Wotton's characters .
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The real character of Manly is , of course , neither serious , philosophic , nor misanthropic : Wycherley's contemporaries would have recognized him as a " humours " character and an object of satire . ... “ Humours ” were , of course ...
The real character of Manly is , of course , neither serious , philosophic , nor misanthropic : Wycherley's contemporaries would have recognized him as a " humours " character and an object of satire . ... “ Humours ” were , of course ...
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