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... describe with a blend of Fielding's sympathy with youth , Voltaire's mocking gaiety , and Swift's sombre reflection on human nature , life in the class that ruled Europe , from Britain to Turkey . And the comparison with Swift is the ...
... describe with a blend of Fielding's sympathy with youth , Voltaire's mocking gaiety , and Swift's sombre reflection on human nature , life in the class that ruled Europe , from Britain to Turkey . And the comparison with Swift is the ...
Page 266
... describe the main conditions under which a classical literature has at different times appeared , and what are its chief ... describes , due to disregard of weight of matter and worth of subject , but to the fact 266 CLASSICAL & ROMANTIC.
... describe the main conditions under which a classical literature has at different times appeared , and what are its chief ... describes , due to disregard of weight of matter and worth of subject , but to the fact 266 CLASSICAL & ROMANTIC.
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... describes " la déformation de l'idéal classique " in French literature of the eighteenth century . Feeling was over- stressed , at the expense of good sense , by the sentimentalists , c'est ici , dans les romans de Prévost que la ...
... describes " la déformation de l'idéal classique " in French literature of the eighteenth century . Feeling was over- stressed , at the expense of good sense , by the sentimentalists , c'est ici , dans les romans de Prévost que la ...
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