An Oxford Anthology of English ProseArnold Whitridge, John Wendell Dodds, Howard Foster Lowry Oxford University Press, 1935 - 950 pages |
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Page 287
... seems to produce without labour , what no labour can im- prove . In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to be comick ; but in comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature ...
... seems to produce without labour , what no labour can im- prove . In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to be comick ; but in comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature ...
Page 288
... seems not always fully to compre- hend his own design . He omits opportu- nities of instructing or delighting which the train of his story seems to force upon him , and apparently rejects those exhibi- tions which would be more ...
... seems not always fully to compre- hend his own design . He omits opportu- nities of instructing or delighting which the train of his story seems to force upon him , and apparently rejects those exhibi- tions which would be more ...
Page 294
... seems to be of an opinion not very un- common in the world , that to want money is to want every thing . Next to the pleasure of contemplating his possessions , seems to be that of enumerat- ing the men of high rank with whom he was ...
... seems to be of an opinion not very un- common in the world , that to want money is to want every thing . Next to the pleasure of contemplating his possessions , seems to be that of enumerat- ing the men of high rank with whom he was ...
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Le Morte Darthur | 1 |
Roger Ascham 15151568 | 19 |
Sir Thomas North | 29 |
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