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the blackness of blue in “blue — stocking women” |
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witticism: a newly appointed librarian now can learn to read |
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loving your enemies versus hating friends |
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a pun from Horace on “gravy”a pun from Horace on “gravy” |
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cottage architecture more Dutch than would — be Gothic |
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G. P. R. James' novels as repetitive |
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pun on sensational literary celebrities |
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pun on Mirabeau's stay at If |
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kind words for the dead in Puckle and the Roman Twleve [[Twelve]] Tables |
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Fourierites mistranslate Latin adage on poets. |
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Poe disparages the spiritualist A. J. Davis. |
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politicians compared to departing animals |
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journalists compared to murderous Norse Gods |
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Plain speech if cultivated leads to fish — market English. |
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absurd fashions in long women's purses |
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election terminology mocked |
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playful metaphors on the soul |
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C. Mathews' tearful reaction to critics |
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morals of authors in their books and lives |
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epigram on the discipline of children |
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Greek deprecatory epigram applied to banks |
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poets as especially sensitive to injustice |
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genius as abnormal capacity |
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pun on beauty |
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revolutionary spirit in Great Britain — how soothable |
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Transcendental poets show a dying taste. |
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Taglioni, the “oppressed” dancer: a pun on lex Talionis [page lv:] |
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Fourier and Greeley as believers in credulity |
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French youth movement lacks a head. |
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T. S. Arthur's writings derided |
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Mathews' poem derided with French metaphor |
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publisher's lack of critical ability illustrated |
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critical injustice perpetrated by emphasizing the lesser merits of writers |
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the development of “Habit” explained |
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Barrett's “Lady Geraldine” weakly derived from “Locksley Hall” |
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Decuppis' discovery of a new planet queried |
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Boileau line quoted on “ignorance is bliss” |
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Bryant and Street compared as descriptive poets |
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the relation between beauty and genius |
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Mathews' “American Drama” deprecated |
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T. Moore — a fanciful poet, but not imaginative |
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“Suspect” needs new adjectival form. |
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Spenser's verse repunctuated by Poe for witticism |
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Miss Edgeworth deprecated in evaluation of fashion |
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The People should obey, not shape the laws. |
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Mathews book is unreadable. |
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Greeley's boot has the shape of Italy. |
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Webster's Dictionary more English than the English |
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Poe doubts the “seven wise men” existed. |
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Critics try, unsuccessfully, to imitate Macaulay. |
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - BRP2B, 1985] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Editions - The Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe (B. R. Pollin) (Topics in Fifty Suggestions)