The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... Stevenson ? It is just this introduction that the present volume means to give . It is anticipated that the mere introduction will be sufficient , that being introduced the student will of his own accord make fur- ther acquaintance in ...
... Stevenson ? It is just this introduction that the present volume means to give . It is anticipated that the mere introduction will be sufficient , that being introduced the student will of his own accord make fur- ther acquaintance in ...
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... Stevenson . By study we do not mean imi- tation , for while it is very easy for the young writer to cease to be himself in his writing , it is not so easy for him to become a Newman or a Stevenson . There is a sufficient amount of ...
... Stevenson . By study we do not mean imi- tation , for while it is very easy for the young writer to cease to be himself in his writing , it is not so easy for him to become a Newman or a Stevenson . There is a sufficient amount of ...
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... Stevenson was the result not only of inspired genius but also of his infinite capacity for taking pains and of his " playing the sedulous ape " zealously though prudently , for he understood perfectly that to imitate slavishly and to ...
... Stevenson was the result not only of inspired genius but also of his infinite capacity for taking pains and of his " playing the sedulous ape " zealously though prudently , for he understood perfectly that to imitate slavishly and to ...
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... Stevenson , and of the mystic harmoniousness of Thompson , we are really speaking simply of the habits of mind in these authors . We learn the workings of a writer's mind by study of his sentence structure , and so , too , may the young ...
... Stevenson , and of the mystic harmoniousness of Thompson , we are really speaking simply of the habits of mind in these authors . We learn the workings of a writer's mind by study of his sentence structure , and so , too , may the young ...
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... Stevenson ; we have had friendly curtain lectures from Bacon , Addison , De Quincey , and Hazlitt . Because the literary essay demands for its background a society that is self - conscious , introspec- tive , and well read , it ...
... Stevenson ; we have had friendly curtain lectures from Bacon , Addison , De Quincey , and Hazlitt . Because the literary essay demands for its background a society that is self - conscious , introspec- tive , and well read , it ...
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