The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... become in some measure artists in prose . ( One of the grounds upon which this little book pleaded at the outset the right to existence was the hope that by a study of the devel- opment of the literary essay some few at least might be ...
... become in some measure artists in prose . ( One of the grounds upon which this little book pleaded at the outset the right to existence was the hope that by a study of the devel- opment of the literary essay some few at least might be ...
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... becoming one of the queen's Learned Counsel , he won just opprobrium by conducting the prosecution of his friend and benefactor , the Earl of Essex , for certain offenses which in their very commission had been known to be of assistance ...
... becoming one of the queen's Learned Counsel , he won just opprobrium by conducting the prosecution of his friend and benefactor , the Earl of Essex , for certain offenses which in their very commission had been known to be of assistance ...
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... what a man receives from his friends that matters , not what he gives to them . The author does not know that a person becomes better by a deed of unselfishness ; he does not understand 32 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
... what a man receives from his friends that matters , not what he gives to them . The author does not know that a person becomes better by a deed of unselfishness ; he does not understand 32 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
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... become a minister . He died before his son was born , and the mother later married a bricklayer of London . After spending some years in Westminster School and Cambridge , the young Jonson , on being set to learn the bricklayer's trade ...
... become a minister . He died before his son was born , and the mother later married a bricklayer of London . After spending some years in Westminster School and Cambridge , the young Jonson , on being set to learn the bricklayer's trade ...
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... become acquainted with the full power of the English language . They abound with passages , compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance . They are a perfect field of cloth of gold . The style is stiff ...
... become acquainted with the full power of the English language . They abound with passages , compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance . They are a perfect field of cloth of gold . The style is stiff ...
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