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... doubt that in the beginning Sterne practised writing as an escape from life . He had little congenial company at Sutton - in - the - Forest and he said that ' writing when properly managed is but a different name for conversation .
... doubt that in the beginning Sterne practised writing as an escape from life . He had little congenial company at Sutton - in - the - Forest and he said that ' writing when properly managed is but a different name for conversation .
Page 359
The tribute of French scholars so often and generously paid to the genius of our writers is continued by Professor P. ... but that often through the carelessness of his rapid writing he went needless distances from the recorded truth .
The tribute of French scholars so often and generously paid to the genius of our writers is continued by Professor P. ... but that often through the carelessness of his rapid writing he went needless distances from the recorded truth .
Page 58
... the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets . ... but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often ...
... the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets . ... but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volumes 266-267 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1936 |
| Original from | University of Georgia Libraries |
| Digitized | 10 Jun 2022 |
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