The Age of Wit, 1650-1750Macmillan, 1966 - 348 strani |
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... Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ; Mary Astell ; and Henrietta , Countess of Suffolk . Men of wit found it advantageous for a variety of reasons to cultivate these ladies . Swift corresponded with Lady Suffolk and Mrs. Clayton for social ...
... Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ; Mary Astell ; and Henrietta , Countess of Suffolk . Men of wit found it advantageous for a variety of reasons to cultivate these ladies . Swift corresponded with Lady Suffolk and Mrs. Clayton for social ...
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... LADY FIDGET . Drink , thou representative of a husband . - Damn a husband ! MRS . DAINTY . And , as it were a husband , an old keeper . MRS . SQUEAMISH . And an old grandmother . HORNER . And an English bawd , and a French surgeon . LADY ...
... LADY FIDGET . Drink , thou representative of a husband . - Damn a husband ! MRS . DAINTY . And , as it were a husband , an old keeper . MRS . SQUEAMISH . And an old grandmother . HORNER . And an English bawd , and a French surgeon . LADY ...
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... LADY FIDGET . Yes ; but for all that , we think wildness in a man as desirable a quality as in a duck or rabbit : a tame man ! foh ! HORNER . I know not , but your reputations frightened me as much as your faces invited me . LADY FIDGET ...
... LADY FIDGET . Yes ; but for all that , we think wildness in a man as desirable a quality as in a duck or rabbit : a tame man ! foh ! HORNER . I know not , but your reputations frightened me as much as your faces invited me . LADY FIDGET ...
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PREFACE | 11 |
THE ENIGMA OF WIT | 17 |
THE RHETORIC OF WIT | 36 |
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