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... century England was the man of the world , mingling freely with his fellows , seeing facts as they are , and differentiated by no foolish extravagances . Club and coffeehouse alike had encouraged social intercourse among the élite . In ...
... century England was the man of the world , mingling freely with his fellows , seeing facts as they are , and differentiated by no foolish extravagances . Club and coffeehouse alike had encouraged social intercourse among the élite . In ...
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... century is so gradual that it is impossible to draw accurate dividing lines . The so- called forerunners of romanticism were in good standing in their neoclassic day . The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads , which bulks so large in our ...
... century is so gradual that it is impossible to draw accurate dividing lines . The so- called forerunners of romanticism were in good standing in their neoclassic day . The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads , which bulks so large in our ...
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... Century , I , xi . 8 " A Letter to the Publisher , " by William Cleland , prefixed to the Dunciad . 3 Spingarn , op . cit . , I , lxv . The greater part of my criticism of the seven- teenth century has been distilled from Mr. Spingarn's ...
... Century , I , xi . 8 " A Letter to the Publisher , " by William Cleland , prefixed to the Dunciad . 3 Spingarn , op . cit . , I , lxv . The greater part of my criticism of the seven- teenth century has been distilled from Mr. Spingarn's ...
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THE AGE OF REASON | 21 |
REBIRTH | 123 |
DRAMA AND PROPAGANDA | 152 |
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