Is not the caricaturist's task exactly the same as the classical artist's? Both see the lasting truth beneath the surface of mere outward appearance. Both try to help nature accomplish its plan. The one may strive to visualize the perfect form and to realize it in his work, the other to grasp perfect DEFORMITY, and thus reveal the very essence of a personality. A good caricature, like every

But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there ! Shine forth, thou Star of Poets ************************************ He who have filled up all numbers and performed that in our tongue which may be compared or preferred either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome...In short, within his view, and about his times , were all the wits born that could honor a

Lyra wrote: ``````````````````````````` (* switch to headletter S without notice *) * saboth, rest * sacrament, holie signe, oath, or misterie * sacred, holy, consecrated * sacrifice, an offering * sacrificule, a little offering * sacriledge, church robbing, the stealing of holy things * [fr] safeconduit, safe keeping or safe guiding *

On Mon, 12 May 2008 11:51:02 -0700 (PDT), Dennis <nldoyle@shaw.ca> wrote: "Gorgon" Shakespeare: _Imagination and the Presence of Shakespeare in Paradise Lost_. By Paul Stevens. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985. Review by Nigel Smith Imagination and the Presence of Shakespeare in 'Paradise Lost' is probably a mistitled book. Professor Stevens

On Apr 22, 10:26 pm, Dennis <nldo...@shaw.ca> wrote: ************************************** Mirth Making. The Rhetorical Discourse on Jesting in Early Modern England Chris Holcomb ...Associations between social status and certain forms of jesting appear as early as the Nicomachean Ethics, where Aristotle classifies different modes of jesting according to three social