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... misanthropy is " intolerable , " adding that " the representation which he has given us of human nature , must terrify , and even debase the mind of the reader who views it " ( p . 184 ) . Orrery then proceeds to a lengthy vindication ...
... misanthropy is " intolerable , " adding that " the representation which he has given us of human nature , must terrify , and even debase the mind of the reader who views it " ( p . 184 ) . Orrery then proceeds to a lengthy vindication ...
Page 183
... misanthropy as a constitutional melan- choly " mainly due to a physical malady which had long acted upon his brain . " 1 It is not surprising , however , that in the twentieth century the psychoanalysts have seized on so attractive a ...
... misanthropy as a constitutional melan- choly " mainly due to a physical malady which had long acted upon his brain . " 1 It is not surprising , however , that in the twentieth century the psychoanalysts have seized on so attractive a ...
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... misanthropy , his pessimism and gloom , his tragic view of life , can point to these tracts to enforce their views . Can we accept the Irish tracts as " monuments to despair , pessimism , bitterness , hopelessness and hate ; and like ...
... misanthropy , his pessimism and gloom , his tragic view of life , can point to these tracts to enforce their views . Can we accept the Irish tracts as " monuments to despair , pessimism , bitterness , hopelessness and hate ; and like ...
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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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