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... last phase of paganism , the phase in which primitive Christianity met its most respectable and insidious foe , and the phase which from time to time was to reap- pear in close touch with the later develop- ment of INTRODUCTION 11.
... last phase of paganism , the phase in which primitive Christianity met its most respectable and insidious foe , and the phase which from time to time was to reap- pear in close touch with the later develop- ment of INTRODUCTION 11.
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And the Uses of the Comic Spirit George Meredith Lane Cooper. pear in close touch with the later develop- ment of Christianity , not seldom as an en- emy within the walls . One may venture to think , however , that Meredith did not pre ...
And the Uses of the Comic Spirit George Meredith Lane Cooper. pear in close touch with the later develop- ment of Christianity , not seldom as an en- emy within the walls . One may venture to think , however , that Meredith did not pre ...
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... touch upon the comic element in the Bible . We may take it for granted that his interests lie in classical antiquity on the one hand , and on the other , and more especially , in the literature of the Renaissance , down to his own time ...
... touch upon the comic element in the Bible . We may take it for granted that his interests lie in classical antiquity on the one hand , and on the other , and more especially , in the literature of the Renaissance , down to his own time ...
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... touch and kindle the mind through laughter , ' or ' to shake and elevate the feelings . ' For him , then , the pleasure afforded by the comic writer is primarily intellectual , and only sec- ondarily emotional . Meredith may be wholly ...
... touch and kindle the mind through laughter , ' or ' to shake and elevate the feelings . ' For him , then , the pleasure afforded by the comic writer is primarily intellectual , and only sec- ondarily emotional . Meredith may be wholly ...
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... touch the Essay on Comedy only in an incidental way when Meredith's allusions are explained as I hope I have explained them in the Notes . But the Essay possibly marks the turning - point from his earlier to his later style . The Ego ...
... touch the Essay on Comedy only in an incidental way when Meredith's allusions are explained as I hope I have explained them in the Notes . But the Essay possibly marks the turning - point from his earlier to his later style . The Ego ...
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