The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... 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 this genial company of masters , of most profitably delightful minds and ...
... 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 this genial company of masters , of most profitably delightful minds and ...
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... gives us a certain liberty in our study of it . The particu- lar difficulty in defining the essay is to avoid both a definition so general as to include all prose writings not strictly to be classed as history or fiction and one so ...
... gives us a certain liberty in our study of it . The particu- lar difficulty in defining the essay is to avoid both a definition so general as to include all prose writings not strictly to be classed as history or fiction and one so ...
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... give opportunity for endless comparative study . Formal poetry is made by the welding together of two rhythms , the basic meter and the phrasal over- tone , and in this harmonic effect is its beauty , a beauty made more effective by a ...
... give opportunity for endless comparative study . Formal poetry is made by the welding together of two rhythms , the basic meter and the phrasal over- tone , and in this harmonic effect is its beauty , a beauty made more effective by a ...
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... give an idea of the personality of the essayists whom we are to consider . Because of our acceptance , even with qualifications , of Buffon's definition of style we shall , perhaps , be ac- cused of inconsistency in urging that those ...
... give an idea of the personality of the essayists whom we are to consider . Because of our acceptance , even with qualifications , of Buffon's definition of style we shall , perhaps , be ac- cused of inconsistency in urging that those ...
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... give it a decided turn toward the familiar type . The two kinds of journal popular in the early part of the nineteenth century , the magazine and the critical review , helped to further the distinction between the familiar essay on the ...
... give it a decided turn toward the familiar type . The two kinds of journal popular in the early part of the nineteenth century , the magazine and the critical review , helped to further the distinction between the familiar essay on the ...
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