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Page 151
... spirit , and in combining this with . . . forthright sagacity . . . it came more nearly perhaps than any other masterpiece of the time to reconciling the great manner of the eighteenth century with that of the early nineteenth . " 70 ...
... spirit , and in combining this with . . . forthright sagacity . . . it came more nearly perhaps than any other masterpiece of the time to reconciling the great manner of the eighteenth century with that of the early nineteenth . " 70 ...
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... spirit , in contrast to the popular theatre on the one hand and the romantic on the other . Like Alfieri , Byron went back for his inspiration to the Greeks . But also like Alfieri and like the school of Pope in other fields of litera ...
... spirit , in contrast to the popular theatre on the one hand and the romantic on the other . Like Alfieri , Byron went back for his inspiration to the Greeks . But also like Alfieri and like the school of Pope in other fields of litera ...
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... spirit of Aristotle . His classical spirit is more subconscious than conscious , a disinclination to let himself go completely , a reaction from excess , or the correction of a momentary extravagance ; it is derived from his immedi- ate ...
... spirit of Aristotle . His classical spirit is more subconscious than conscious , a disinclination to let himself go completely , a reaction from excess , or the correction of a momentary extravagance ; it is derived from his immedi- ate ...
Contents
THE AGE OF REASON | 21 |
REBIRTH | 123 |
DRAMA AND PROPAGANDA | 152 |
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