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this account that I am so, because this base brood 

 pulls down the noble, the beautiful, the great in 

 order to make an end of them." Notwithstanding 

 the sneer of so great a master, the author believes 

 that, when viewed in a proper spirit, parody may 

 be both instructive and amusing. When some part 

 of the portion here given on that subject appeared 

 in the British Quarterly Review, it was received 

 with peculiar favour ; the Spectator remarking : 

 4( There is some admirable criticism in ' Parody 

 and Parodists.' We have never seen the real nature 

 of parody better defined." The author trusts that 

 none of his kindly critics may have any reason 

 now to change their opinion of the essays of which 

 they before spoke so favourably." 



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