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At first , in ruder ages , the babbling of half - witted fellows — the hit - or - miss sallies of idiots — were resorted to as delectable amusement of this nature . Fun was extracted from their absurdities , entertainment derived from ...
At first , in ruder ages , the babbling of half - witted fellows — the hit - or - miss sallies of idiots — were resorted to as delectable amusement of this nature . Fun was extracted from their absurdities , entertainment derived from ...
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The extreme of artistic ingenuity with which the dramatist has depicted this natural repugnance on the part of ... will be perceived that her reluctance to plead is merely the effect of these , and nowise the effect of her own nature .
The extreme of artistic ingenuity with which the dramatist has depicted this natural repugnance on the part of ... will be perceived that her reluctance to plead is merely the effect of these , and nowise the effect of her own nature .
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Shakespeare left no room for any qualification of absolute realism in the simple direction to " hold , as ' twere , the mirror up to nature . " But then , what is realism ? We are none of us mirrors . The clearestsighted of us change ...
Shakespeare left no room for any qualification of absolute realism in the simple direction to " hold , as ' twere , the mirror up to nature . " But then , what is realism ? We are none of us mirrors . The clearestsighted of us change ...
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Leaves from a Lost Diary By M BETHAMEDWARDS author of Kitty | 10 |
Sporting Guns Smokeless Explosives for By CADWALLADER WADDI | 62 |
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