The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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Page 416
... character , to assume what does not belong to them , are , for the greater part , ignorant both of the character they leave , and of the character they assume . Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling ...
... character , to assume what does not belong to them , are , for the greater part , ignorant both of the character they leave , and of the character they assume . Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling ...
Page 576
... character , but what can they urge to gain the latter ? Which of these characters is the most valuable and useful is entirely out of the question . All I plead for is to have their several GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 1. Fontenelle ...
... character , but what can they urge to gain the latter ? Which of these characters is the most valuable and useful is entirely out of the question . All I plead for is to have their several GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 1. Fontenelle ...
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... character acting in ignorance of his condition . " In irony of this kind , it is a situation and the character's part in that situation which create irony . The character enjoys the felicitous " possession of being well deceived " by ...
... character acting in ignorance of his condition . " In irony of this kind , it is a situation and the character's part in that situation which create irony . The character enjoys the felicitous " possession of being well deceived " by ...
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