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Page 82
... satirical scene and follow it instantly with another ; if the chapters de- scribing how a clergyman's wife bribes a ... satire not so much on Methodism as on Whitfield : he is the villain so far as the book has one , and the deadly ...
... satirical scene and follow it instantly with another ; if the chapters de- scribing how a clergyman's wife bribes a ... satire not so much on Methodism as on Whitfield : he is the villain so far as the book has one , and the deadly ...
Page 146
... satire arises out of pure joy in the spectacle of the excesses to be satirized . His first novel , Headlong Hall ( 1816 ) , though not his best , is typical of all his satirical fiction . A miscellaneous gathering of intellectuals ...
... satire arises out of pure joy in the spectacle of the excesses to be satirized . His first novel , Headlong Hall ( 1816 ) , though not his best , is typical of all his satirical fiction . A miscellaneous gathering of intellectuals ...
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... satire . He exploited it to the furthest in his charming pastoral Maid Marian , but it is there in his satires of contemporary theory ; they are satire within an idyll . A still beauty combined with the high spirits of debate that ...
... satire . He exploited it to the furthest in his charming pastoral Maid Marian , but it is there in his satires of contemporary theory ; they are satire within an idyll . A still beauty combined with the high spirits of debate that ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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