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Page 77
... humor , it is part and parcel of his way of interpreting life , and the three cannot really be divorced from one an- other . For Sterne's mind is like a spectrum ; humor , senti- mentality , indecency fade into one another ; it is never ...
... humor , it is part and parcel of his way of interpreting life , and the three cannot really be divorced from one an- other . For Sterne's mind is like a spectrum ; humor , senti- mentality , indecency fade into one another ; it is never ...
Page 164
... humor of the book lies in the contrast between the world as it is and as it imposes itself on the boy's naivety . This humor , of course , is often of a very simple kind , as when the other midshipmen scare Peter , on his joining his ...
... humor of the book lies in the contrast between the world as it is and as it imposes itself on the boy's naivety . This humor , of course , is often of a very simple kind , as when the other midshipmen scare Peter , on his joining his ...
Page 233
... humor , and there is always the suspicion that the humor is a little too easy . Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope , praised though they have always been , are somewhat overdone , as is Madame Neroni ; and the young women are , by comparison ...
... humor , and there is always the suspicion that the humor is a little too easy . Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope , praised though they have always been , are somewhat overdone , as is Madame Neroni ; and the young women are , by comparison ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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