The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... put down the book , because of the warm glow he has kindled in our imagination , because of the feeling that we have come to know and love a sincere friend . Truly a pioneer in the world of thought , he 18 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
... put down the book , because of the warm glow he has kindled in our imagination , because of the feeling that we have come to know and love a sincere friend . Truly a pioneer in the world of thought , he 18 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
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... richness of his subject . Usually writing in the controversial vein , he is , in in- tensity of feeling and virility of attack , a polemic writer . Even in the face of Macaulay's panegyric we maintain that THE CLASSIC ESSAY 75.
... richness of his subject . Usually writing in the controversial vein , he is , in in- tensity of feeling and virility of attack , a polemic writer . Even in the face of Macaulay's panegyric we maintain that THE CLASSIC ESSAY 75.
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... feel that these everlasting asper- sions on Burke are in criminally bad taste . Granting that Burke , being English in his ideals , had English trade interests at heart , and granting that he was also an English politician , shall we ...
... feel that these everlasting asper- sions on Burke are in criminally bad taste . Granting that Burke , being English in his ideals , had English trade interests at heart , and granting that he was also an English politician , shall we ...
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... feeling that he has just heard some particularly spicy gossip . ( The personality of the writer is always in evidence , and in its limitations of time , place , and knowledge the short - story essay is very like the story told in the ...
... feeling that he has just heard some particularly spicy gossip . ( The personality of the writer is always in evidence , and in its limitations of time , place , and knowledge the short - story essay is very like the story told in the ...
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... convincing tone , make us feel that we know the man when we read what he has written , that he has not tried to wrap about himself a robe of mystery . JOSEPH ADDISON ( 1672-1719 ) An influential man was Addison THE SHORT - STORY ESSAY 107.
... convincing tone , make us feel that we know the man when we read what he has written , that he has not tried to wrap about himself a robe of mystery . JOSEPH ADDISON ( 1672-1719 ) An influential man was Addison THE SHORT - STORY ESSAY 107.
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