Eighteenth-century English Literature: Modern Essays in CriticismOxford University Press, 1959 - 351 Seiten |
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... idea of wit that separated subject matter from style . It is significant that in a letter dated November 29 , 1707 , he defined wit , in ' the better notion of it , ' as propriety.50 This , of course , was Dryden's definition , stated ...
... idea of wit that separated subject matter from style . It is significant that in a letter dated November 29 , 1707 , he defined wit , in ' the better notion of it , ' as propriety.50 This , of course , was Dryden's definition , stated ...
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... idea of progress , which indeed joined hands with the opposition to the idea of nature's decay . These values , attitudes , and ideas , together with a few others , com- bined to form the scientific movement , and they were expressed by ...
... idea of progress , which indeed joined hands with the opposition to the idea of nature's decay . These values , attitudes , and ideas , together with a few others , com- bined to form the scientific movement , and they were expressed by ...
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... ideas and tendencies that were current in Swift's world . Gulliver's Travels was written at the height of that phase ... idea of progress , deluding men with the promise of an ever - expanding and improving future , which to Swift seemed ...
... ideas and tendencies that were current in Swift's world . Gulliver's Travels was written at the height of that phase ... idea of progress , deluding men with the promise of an ever - expanding and improving future , which to Swift seemed ...
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THE GLOOM OF THE TORY SATIRISTS | 3 |
THE ESSAY ON CRITICISM | 42 |
POPE SEEN THROUGH HIS LETTERS | 62 |
Urheberrecht | |
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