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... kind of joy when an incompetent bungler is defeated for public office ; we must rejoice at his defeat , lest we become unworthy in our own eyes . Derision , like envy , may be a mere personal feeling of a not very honorable kind ; as it ...
... kind of joy when an incompetent bungler is defeated for public office ; we must rejoice at his defeat , lest we become unworthy in our own eyes . Derision , like envy , may be a mere personal feeling of a not very honorable kind ; as it ...
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... kind of indignation from another , but merely for emphasis . We mean to assert that our feelings are noble and impersonal ; we are not merely yearning for retaliation , -we rather imply that we have no desire for retaliation ; we are ...
... kind of indignation from another , but merely for emphasis . We mean to assert that our feelings are noble and impersonal ; we are not merely yearning for retaliation , -we rather imply that we have no desire for retaliation ; we are ...
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... kind of inquiry treating the work with some strictness as a rhetorical construction : as a " thing made , " which , though it reaches backward to an author and forward to an audience , has its artistic identity in between - in the realm ...
... kind of inquiry treating the work with some strictness as a rhetorical construction : as a " thing made , " which , though it reaches backward to an author and forward to an audience , has its artistic identity in between - in the realm ...
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A Note in Defence of Satire 12 L | 12 |
The Authenticity of Anna Sewards Published Correspondence | 50 |
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