The Literary Career of Thomas Love PeacockColumbia University, 1966 - 339 pages |
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Page 93
... Doctor Folliott ( of Crotchet Castle ) scoffs at authors who write unquotable works ( Scott is his main target ) , and Peacock himself , though he may not strive for effect , is nearly always worth quoting . I think he would have agreed ...
... Doctor Folliott ( of Crotchet Castle ) scoffs at authors who write unquotable works ( Scott is his main target ) , and Peacock himself , though he may not strive for effect , is nearly always worth quoting . I think he would have agreed ...
Page 187
... Doctor Folliott ( of Crotchet Castle ) and Doctor Opimian ( of Gryll Grange ) under very appropriate circumstances : epicures and lovers of recondite knowledge themselves , both of these worldly clergymen refer to Athenaeus at dinner ...
... Doctor Folliott ( of Crotchet Castle ) and Doctor Opimian ( of Gryll Grange ) under very appropriate circumstances : epicures and lovers of recondite knowledge themselves , both of these worldly clergymen refer to Athenaeus at dinner ...
Page 254
... Doctor Folliott ( of Crotchet Castle ) , insisting that Scott's works " contain nothing worth quoting " ( and no doubt forgetting " by my halidome , " which if it is not actually worth quoting , is at least repeated often enough to stay ...
... Doctor Folliott ( of Crotchet Castle ) , insisting that Scott's works " contain nothing worth quoting " ( and no doubt forgetting " by my halidome , " which if it is not actually worth quoting , is at least repeated often enough to stay ...
Contents
Boyhood Verse and Palmyra | 11 |
3 | 33 |
From The Dilettanti to Rhododaphne | 55 |
Copyright | |
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