The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... the satis- faction of any teacher of English who will use it in a rational way . NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY J. LEONARD CARRICO , C. S. C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author wishes to acknowledge her indebtedness to Father PREFACE vii.
... the satis- faction of any teacher of English who will use it in a rational way . NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY J. LEONARD CARRICO , C. S. C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author wishes to acknowledge her indebtedness to Father PREFACE vii.
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... essay supplant oral instruction to any great extent , and as a result culture was confined almost exclusively to the monasteries and universities . " The same hand , " writes Dawson , " which dispensed THE APHORISTIC ESSAY 25.
... essay supplant oral instruction to any great extent , and as a result culture was confined almost exclusively to the monasteries and universities . " The same hand , " writes Dawson , " which dispensed THE APHORISTIC ESSAY 25.
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... university . In those days , when severe feudal laws had little patience indeed with freedom of occupation or of movement , no provision for education was made . Thus , learning was to be attained only in schools , where the teacher ...
... university . In those days , when severe feudal laws had little patience indeed with freedom of occupation or of movement , no provision for education was made . Thus , learning was to be attained only in schools , where the teacher ...
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... university types and evidence of nar- row experience . The title of the book , Micro - cosmog- raphie , shows Earle's conception of each character as a little world in himself , and the author's insight into ' human nature gives ...
... university types and evidence of nar- row experience . The title of the book , Micro - cosmog- raphie , shows Earle's conception of each character as a little world in himself , and the author's insight into ' human nature gives ...
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... , perhaps , the most autobiographical of writers . After receiving his degree from Trinity Col- lege , Dublin , he spent a short time at Edinburgh Uni- versity , studying medicine , and also at the University THE SHORT - STORY ESSAY III.
... , perhaps , the most autobiographical of writers . After receiving his degree from Trinity Col- lege , Dublin , he spent a short time at Edinburgh Uni- versity , studying medicine , and also at the University THE SHORT - STORY ESSAY III.
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