The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... " Incompleteness , tentativeness , were felt by the inventor to be characteristic of the new literary genre . This idea persisted when the essay was transplanted into England , and Doctor Johnson gave it a INTRODUCTION 3.
... " Incompleteness , tentativeness , were felt by the inventor to be characteristic of the new literary genre . This idea persisted when the essay was transplanted into England , and Doctor Johnson gave it a INTRODUCTION 3.
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... ideas to fit some desired form of expression , the prose writer must create prose which is rhythmical without being metrical ; he must combine long and short syllables , accented and unaccented syllables , in an ever - recurring yet ...
... ideas to fit some desired form of expression , the prose writer must create prose which is rhythmical without being metrical ; he must combine long and short syllables , accented and unaccented syllables , in an ever - recurring yet ...
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... 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 who wish ...
... 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 who wish ...
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... ideas to fit his expression , and his main concern is not so much to find words to express his meaning as it is to find meaning for his words . He puts a barrier of words between his own mind and that of his reader , when , in truth ...
... ideas to fit his expression , and his main concern is not so much to find words to express his meaning as it is to find meaning for his words . He puts a barrier of words between his own mind and that of his reader , when , in truth ...
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... idea , never the idea to the expression , he made words in very truth the garment of thought . There lingers about his essays an antique charm , an old - world sweetness , a picturesque beauty . Montaigne's very inconsistencies , -for ...
... idea , never the idea to the expression , he made words in very truth the garment of thought . There lingers about his essays an antique charm , an old - world sweetness , a picturesque beauty . Montaigne's very inconsistencies , -for ...
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