The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... kind or the amount of attention it deserves , with the result that this species of literature is in comparison to some other species a practically unknown realm . Fiction , poetry , and the drama have received much more justice . Right ...
... kind or the amount of attention it deserves , with the result that this species of literature is in comparison to some other species a practically unknown realm . Fiction , poetry , and the drama have received much more justice . Right ...
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... kind ; applied in a re- stricted use to the lyric in poetry and to the personal essay in prose , it may be interpreted to mean not only this perfection of kind but also , and absolutely , the author's artistic expression of his ...
... kind ; applied in a re- stricted use to the lyric in poetry and to the personal essay in prose , it may be interpreted to mean not only this perfection of kind but also , and absolutely , the author's artistic expression of his ...
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... kind from the sentence . When in our consideration of a subject or part of a subject our mind develops more thoughts than can be adequately expressed in a single sentence , the paragraph is the logical result . Thoughts are of two kinds ...
... kind from the sentence . When in our consideration of a subject or part of a subject our mind develops more thoughts than can be adequately expressed in a single sentence , the paragraph is the logical result . Thoughts are of two kinds ...
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... element , has artistic per- fection in its own kind , we have left ourselves free to consider certain long compositions embraced in the wide use of the term . Essays may , then , be advantageously divided into two INTRODUCTION 13.
... element , has artistic per- fection in its own kind , we have left ourselves free to consider certain long compositions embraced in the wide use of the term . Essays may , then , be advantageously divided into two INTRODUCTION 13.
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... kind of writ- ings would with less pains and embracement ( perhaps ) yield more lustre and reputation to my name than those other which I have in hand , " and so pleased with them was he that he increased their number from the original ...
... kind of writ- ings would with less pains and embracement ( perhaps ) yield more lustre and reputation to my name than those other which I have in hand , " and so pleased with them was he that he increased their number from the original ...
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