The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... clear and simple style , because by the very plan of his work his sentences had to be short , and with this brevity came the two qualities English prose had lacked , lucidity and pithiness . It would seem a brave person who would single ...
... clear and simple style , because by the very plan of his work his sentences had to be short , and with this brevity came the two qualities English prose had lacked , lucidity and pithiness . It would seem a brave person who would single ...
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... clear that it is the political binding power of religion which in his eyes gives it importance . It is not sur- prising that this worldly - minded philosopher with his finger ever on the political pulse of England should em- body in his ...
... clear that it is the political binding power of religion which in his eyes gives it importance . It is not sur- prising that this worldly - minded philosopher with his finger ever on the political pulse of England should em- body in his ...
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... clear his fervent curiosity of mind . The subject matter of the essays is greatly varied — ethical , literary , critical , educational , political , and historical . In the very interesting essay on style he says of diction : " Custom ...
... clear his fervent curiosity of mind . The subject matter of the essays is greatly varied — ethical , literary , critical , educational , political , and historical . In the very interesting essay on style he says of diction : " Custom ...
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... on the intelligence of his reader . His demands are indeed above reason ; they reach into the high , clear air of faith . What wonder if many a reader , shivering in the talons of this 44 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
... on the intelligence of his reader . His demands are indeed above reason ; they reach into the high , clear air of faith . What wonder if many a reader , shivering in the talons of this 44 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
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... clear that practice in the writing of character sketches was an integral part of education in medieval days . Of Dekker the man we know nothing except what he has told us in his writings , yet his works reveal to us a poet and historian ...
... clear that practice in the writing of character sketches was an integral part of education in medieval days . Of Dekker the man we know nothing except what he has told us in his writings , yet his works reveal to us a poet and historian ...
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