Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 2S.C. Griggs, 1883 - English language |
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... seen that the best portions of the Puritan spirit were never extinguished . The mass of Englishmen , satisfied with getting back their May - poles and mince pies , were essen- tially unchanged . Perhaps nothing shows the social state ...
... seen that the best portions of the Puritan spirit were never extinguished . The mass of Englishmen , satisfied with getting back their May - poles and mince pies , were essen- tially unchanged . Perhaps nothing shows the social state ...
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... seen the change foreshadowed . We see it in the occasional rhymes of the palace and the college ; in the lewd and lawless Earl of Rochester , who wrote a satire against Mankind , then an epistle on Nothing , and songs number- less ...
... seen the change foreshadowed . We see it in the occasional rhymes of the palace and the college ; in the lewd and lawless Earl of Rochester , who wrote a satire against Mankind , then an epistle on Nothing , and songs number- less ...
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... seen , the greatest of modern epics , himself a benighted traveller on a dreary road . Near him , in sympathy with him , a kind of satellite , is another Puritan , Marvell , very unequal , but often melodious , graceful , and impressive ...
... seen , the greatest of modern epics , himself a benighted traveller on a dreary road . Near him , in sympathy with him , a kind of satellite , is another Puritan , Marvell , very unequal , but often melodious , graceful , and impressive ...
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... seen So amorous as this lovely green . ' This way of treating Nature suits the time , -merely to picture what the eye sees and the ear hears , to produce the forms and colors of things , the movements and the sounds which pervade them ...
... seen So amorous as this lovely green . ' This way of treating Nature suits the time , -merely to picture what the eye sees and the ear hears , to produce the forms and colors of things , the movements and the sounds which pervade them ...
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... seen , was trans- formed . The animal , broken loose , abandons itself to excess , and the stage imitates the orgie . Comedy , dropping its serious and tender tones , wallows in vulgarity and lewdness . The new char- acters , gross and ...
... seen , was trans- formed . The animal , broken loose , abandons itself to excess , and the stage imitates the orgie . Comedy , dropping its serious and tender tones , wallows in vulgarity and lewdness . The new char- acters , gross and ...
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