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Page 93
... thought he got from Shakespeare was the contrast , making for pathos , between the sublime " of princes and heroes " and the naiveté of " their domestics . " Walpole was after that mixture of tragedy and comedy within the same work ...
... thought he got from Shakespeare was the contrast , making for pathos , between the sublime " of princes and heroes " and the naiveté of " their domestics . " Walpole was after that mixture of tragedy and comedy within the same work ...
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... thought and felt of the great social prob- lems which confronted them ; or rather , reading him , they discovered what they thought and felt . " Make ' em laugh , make ' em cry , make ' em wait , " was his friend Wilkie Collins's ...
... thought and felt of the great social prob- lems which confronted them ; or rather , reading him , they discovered what they thought and felt . " Make ' em laugh , make ' em cry , make ' em wait , " was his friend Wilkie Collins's ...
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... thought ( as if some lovely rose had blossomed for her eyes alone ) ; not for a moment did she believe in God ; but all the more , she thought , taking up the pad , must one repay in daily life to servants , yes , to dogs and canaries ...
... thought ( as if some lovely rose had blossomed for her eyes alone ) ; not for a moment did she believe in God ; but all the more , she thought , taking up the pad , must one repay in daily life to servants , yes , to dogs and canaries ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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