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... sense . The last strong satirist of the eighteenth century demands a share of our attention out of proportion to his historical im- portance . William Gifford , a respected man of letters in his day , has suffered a century of scorn ...
... sense . The last strong satirist of the eighteenth century demands a share of our attention out of proportion to his historical im- portance . William Gifford , a respected man of letters in his day , has suffered a century of scorn ...
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... sense ' . " His deepest admiration for Gifford was for him as the proponent of a school , a tradition , an attitude ... sense , " the critic's laws , " " the sober ver- dict found by truth and sense , " " truth's imperious light ...
... sense ' . " His deepest admiration for Gifford was for him as the proponent of a school , a tradition , an attitude ... sense , " the critic's laws , " " the sober ver- dict found by truth and sense , " " truth's imperious light ...
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... sense , fitness , and reason ; an awareness of the Rules ; and a dislike of the exaggerated and the low . He confides to La Guiccioli that the philosophy of common sense is after all the truest and the best . He apologizes for a pun ...
... sense , fitness , and reason ; an awareness of the Rules ; and a dislike of the exaggerated and the low . He confides to La Guiccioli that the philosophy of common sense is after all the truest and the best . He apologizes for a pun ...
Contents
THE AGE OF REASON | 21 |
REBIRTH | 123 |
DRAMA AND PROPAGANDA | 152 |
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