The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... of the beautiful , which inspires us to seek after the adequate expression of it in something external to ourselves , but also the result of perfect mas- tery of the technique which is the foundation of artistic INTRODUCTION 5.
... of the beautiful , which inspires us to seek after the adequate expression of it in something external to ourselves , but also the result of perfect mas- tery of the technique which is the foundation of artistic INTRODUCTION 5.
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... inspired or encouraged to find self - expression through this charming medium . In our study we shall have much to say of style in writing , and we shall , with some qualifications , define style in Buffon's justly cele- brated phrase ...
... inspired or encouraged to find self - expression through this charming medium . In our study we shall have much to say of style in writing , and we shall , with some qualifications , define style in Buffon's justly cele- brated phrase ...
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... inspired a writer may be and no mat- ter how charming his personality , his style must ever be built upon the substructure of grammar and rhetoric , just as the writer's character is built upon the substruc- ture of moral law and ...
... inspired a writer may be and no mat- ter how charming his personality , his style must ever be built upon the substructure of grammar and rhetoric , just as the writer's character is built upon the substruc- ture of moral law and ...
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... inspiration be the highest . One of the bugaboos which first confront the young writer is the question of diction . In fact , teachers long suffering from mountains of compositions to be revised usually make haste to summon this ogre ...
... inspiration be the highest . One of the bugaboos which first confront the young writer is the question of diction . In fact , teachers long suffering from mountains of compositions to be revised usually make haste to summon this ogre ...
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... inspired by a direct vigor which wastes nothing . Jonson has not been appreciated because he , like all the aphorists , by failing to give the explana- tion and elaboration which we have been taught by later writers to expect , asks his ...
... inspired by a direct vigor which wastes nothing . Jonson has not been appreciated because he , like all the aphorists , by failing to give the explana- tion and elaboration which we have been taught by later writers to expect , asks his ...
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