1730-1784Henry Malkan, Publisher, 1910 - American literature |
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... satire which , if written in doggerel verse , and without the wit or pleasantry of Butler's " Hudibras , " is a master - piece of good sense and just reflection , and shows a thorough knowledge both of Eng- lish history and of the ...
... satire which , if written in doggerel verse , and without the wit or pleasantry of Butler's " Hudibras , " is a master - piece of good sense and just reflection , and shows a thorough knowledge both of Eng- lish history and of the ...
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... satire . - MORLEY , HENRY , 1886 , ed . , Famous Pamphlets , Introduction , p . 7 . Defoe's immortal satire , " The Shortest Way with Dissenters , " so subtle and restrained as to deceive its victims into the belief that it was written ...
... satire . - MORLEY , HENRY , 1886 , ed . , Famous Pamphlets , Introduction , p . 7 . Defoe's immortal satire , " The Shortest Way with Dissenters , " so subtle and restrained as to deceive its victims into the belief that it was written ...
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... satire , make it one of the most amusing books which Defoe ever writ , as much so as any of his best novels . It is difficult to say what his intention was in writing it . It is almost impossible to suppose him in earnest . Yet such is ...
... satire , make it one of the most amusing books which Defoe ever writ , as much so as any of his best novels . It is difficult to say what his intention was in writing it . It is almost impossible to suppose him in earnest . Yet such is ...
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... satire , as when the shepherds are represented fenc- ing the grave of Blouzelinda against the prospective inroads of ... satirical design is evident enough in the affected use of obsolete words , in the absurd bumpkin nomenclature ...
... satire , as when the shepherds are represented fenc- ing the grave of Blouzelinda against the prospective inroads of ... satirical design is evident enough in the affected use of obsolete words , in the absurd bumpkin nomenclature ...
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... satire upon the Walpoles and Pulteneys to an episode from the Newgate Calendar . Its humor had passed away ; its songs had lost their savour ; the actors mistook irony for earnest ; we seemed to have fallen among thieves and longed to ...
... satire upon the Walpoles and Pulteneys to an episode from the Newgate Calendar . Its humor had passed away ; its songs had lost their savour ; the actors mistook irony for earnest ; we seemed to have fallen among thieves and longed to ...
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