Three Centuries of English Literature & History: Comprising Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Documents, Volume 2, Part 2Maggs Bros., 1933 |
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... writes concerning it : " It is full of quaint humour and pleasant satire , combined with much admirable common sense . Many of the sententious remarks in the volume indicate Selden's strong resentment against religious bigotry and ...
... writes concerning it : " It is full of quaint humour and pleasant satire , combined with much admirable common sense . Many of the sententious remarks in the volume indicate Selden's strong resentment against religious bigotry and ...
Page 100
... writes Langbaine , a more taking air than in any other play , and there is something in his Jargon more diverting than in the original itself . " This character is apparently borrowed from the ' Precieuses Ridicules " of Molière . an ...
... writes Langbaine , a more taking air than in any other play , and there is something in his Jargon more diverting than in the original itself . " This character is apparently borrowed from the ' Precieuses Ridicules " of Molière . an ...
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... writes in his Preface , " And the fancy being projected , and a great many Staves made while I was in the Gout , I call Gout Raptures , which afterwards as my other occasions would permit , I went on with and finished . " [ 1829 ] W ...
... writes in his Preface , " And the fancy being projected , and a great many Staves made while I was in the Gout , I call Gout Raptures , which afterwards as my other occasions would permit , I went on with and finished . " [ 1829 ] W ...
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