The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
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... humourous or ' humouresque flash - there was no reason for anybody who had inclinations that way to be ashamed of ... humour positive and a lightness which , unlike that of most such work , has never become heavy since . Hood was ...
... humourous or ' humouresque flash - there was no reason for anybody who had inclinations that way to be ashamed of ... humour positive and a lightness which , unlike that of most such work , has never become heavy since . Hood was ...
Page 193
... humour which , amusing enough in the warmth of conversation , sparkles less brightly in print . His humour needed the touch of personal reminiscence , the softening of laughter by the wistful memory of the past . This vein is hardly ...
... humour which , amusing enough in the warmth of conversation , sparkles less brightly in print . His humour needed the touch of personal reminiscence , the softening of laughter by the wistful memory of the past . This vein is hardly ...
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... humour . Few writers , since Shakespeare gave life with equal sympathy to Hamlet and to Falstaff , have understood so fully as Lamb the intertwining of the ludicrous and pathetic elements in human nature . Their apparent opposition was ...
... humour . Few writers , since Shakespeare gave life with equal sympathy to Hamlet and to Falstaff , have understood so fully as Lamb the intertwining of the ludicrous and pathetic elements in human nature . Their apparent opposition was ...
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