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... rococo artists . If Swift reminds you of a French canal , Dryden recalls an English river winding its cheerful way round hills , through quietly busy towns and by nestling villages , pausing now in a noble reach and then running ...
... rococo artists . If Swift reminds you of a French canal , Dryden recalls an English river winding its cheerful way round hills , through quietly busy towns and by nestling villages , pausing now in a noble reach and then running ...
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... rococo art . It needs taste rather than power , decorum rather than inspi- ration and vigour rather than grandeur . Form for the poet is the bit and the bridle without which ( unless you are an acrobat ) you cannot ride your horse ; but ...
... rococo art . It needs taste rather than power , decorum rather than inspi- ration and vigour rather than grandeur . Form for the poet is the bit and the bridle without which ( unless you are an acrobat ) you cannot ride your horse ; but ...
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William Somerset Maugham. dent that the best prose was written when rococo , with its elegance and moderation , at its birth attained its greatest excel- lence . For rococo was evolved when baroque had become declamatory and the world ...
William Somerset Maugham. dent that the best prose was written when rococo , with its elegance and moderation , at its birth attained its greatest excel- lence . For rococo was evolved when baroque had become declamatory and the world ...
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