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... moral teacher , but his teaching is incidental , so that we hardly know that we are being taught . In Lang- land , on the contrary , the moral aim is always prominent . Chaucer is a satirist , but a genial one ; he exposes follies ...
... moral teacher , but his teaching is incidental , so that we hardly know that we are being taught . In Lang- land , on the contrary , the moral aim is always prominent . Chaucer is a satirist , but a genial one ; he exposes follies ...
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... moral of the coming tragedy is , that a disunited State can never be happy or prosperous . As in the Greek drama , the murders do not take place on the stage , but are announced by messengers , and each act closes with a " chorus ...
... moral of the coming tragedy is , that a disunited State can never be happy or prosperous . As in the Greek drama , the murders do not take place on the stage , but are announced by messengers , and each act closes with a " chorus ...
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... Moral Essays , 154 , 155 Moral Tales , 227 Morality play , 73 More , Hannah , 228 Sir Thomas , 38-42 Mysteries of Udolpho , 188 Mystery play , 72 New Atlantis , 68 Newton , Isaac , 137 New Way to pay Old Debts , 92 Nicholas of Guildford ...
... Moral Essays , 154 , 155 Moral Tales , 227 Morality play , 73 More , Hannah , 228 Sir Thomas , 38-42 Mysteries of Udolpho , 188 Mystery play , 72 New Atlantis , 68 Newton , Isaac , 137 New Way to pay Old Debts , 92 Nicholas of Guildford ...
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