The Contemporary Review, Volume 28A. Strahan, 1876 - Literature |
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... character . And this scheme may claim without doubt , not less truly than those which have gone before , to be a tree bearing fruit . It has framed large com- munities . It has formed Christian nations ; or at least , has not un ...
... character . And this scheme may claim without doubt , not less truly than those which have gone before , to be a tree bearing fruit . It has framed large com- munities . It has formed Christian nations ; or at least , has not un ...
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... character and efficacy of a work , seemingly not even aware that it was thereby cutting from beneath its feet the famous articulus stantis aut cadentis ecclesiæ . It has a logical difficulty in ridding itself of such excrescences ...
... character and efficacy of a work , seemingly not even aware that it was thereby cutting from beneath its feet the famous articulus stantis aut cadentis ecclesiæ . It has a logical difficulty in ridding itself of such excrescences ...
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... characters , into what were termed moralities ; and these again gave way to the interlude which proposed no set ... character is attempted . But the first extant piece in English which can be properly termed a tragedy was written by ...
... characters , into what were termed moralities ; and these again gave way to the interlude which proposed no set ... character is attempted . But the first extant piece in English which can be properly termed a tragedy was written by ...
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... character of classical drama opposes itself also to arousing interest by its events . The speech of Théraméne in Racine's tragedy is full of grandeur and fire . It describes in moving yet stately terms the unfortunate fate of a hero ...
... character of classical drama opposes itself also to arousing interest by its events . The speech of Théraméne in Racine's tragedy is full of grandeur and fire . It describes in moving yet stately terms the unfortunate fate of a hero ...
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... characters , which abound in the works you men- tion ? " And Goldsmith aimed a most unconscious bit of satire at himself when he classed the importance of Shakespeare together with that of taste and the musical glasses . It is not ...
... characters , which abound in the works you men- tion ? " And Goldsmith aimed a most unconscious bit of satire at himself when he classed the importance of Shakespeare together with that of taste and the musical glasses . It is not ...
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