Word: plane
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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THOSE papers which devote two thirds of their space to reviewing first-class periodicals, and append a list of such "exchanges," ought to be congratulated on having worked up to the higher plane of literature. Don't howl "sour grapes." They must be regarded as only a little above Dryden Springs Gazette. - Geyser...
...writer sends out his thoughts in search of something funny : but witticisms are coy birds and fly high; few are able to capture them at will, or furnish them to order. In nine cases out of ten, wearied with his fruitless endeavors, he descends to a lower plane, makes use of vulgarity, and passes it off for wit. Some, as we have before hinted, seem unable to distinguish between the genuine and the spurious article; others there are who, from their moral status, seem incapable of appreciating anything genuine, who derive their intellectual nourishment almost exclusively from trashy literature. Among...