The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... knowledge of literary forms will quarrel with this be- ginning and will remind us of the rule established by that prince of Latin stylists , that master of the letter essay , Cicero : " Any study , indeed , which is to investi- gate a ...
... knowledge of literary forms will quarrel with this be- ginning and will remind us of the rule established by that prince of Latin stylists , that master of the letter essay , Cicero : " Any study , indeed , which is to investi- gate a ...
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... knowledge , character , and the other things involved in personality . All men have bodies and souls , and yet no two men are the same ; all writing has body and soul , and yet no two compositions are the same . Shall we rebel against ...
... knowledge , character , and the other things involved in personality . All men have bodies and souls , and yet no two men are the same ; all writing has body and soul , and yet no two compositions are the same . Shall we rebel against ...
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... knowledge grows upon us in the light of the fact that he limited his writings to his honest motto , " Que sais - je ? " · To obtain anything like an adequate appreciation of Montaigne one must read him in the original . Yet we must pay ...
... knowledge grows upon us in the light of the fact that he limited his writings to his honest motto , " Que sais - je ? " · To obtain anything like an adequate appreciation of Montaigne one must read him in the original . Yet we must pay ...
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... knowledge and new light sprung up and yet springing daily , " England , according to Milton , should have been seen " rousing herself like a strong man after sleep , and shaking her invincible locks . " It is not surprising that Milton ...
... knowledge and new light sprung up and yet springing daily , " England , according to Milton , should have been seen " rousing herself like a strong man after sleep , and shaking her invincible locks . " It is not surprising that Milton ...
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... knowledge of men and of books ; ready for his writ- ing , not through stress of passionate impulse , but through sheer enjoyment of putting down on paper the well - digested learning , the allusions , and the references which are the ...
... knowledge of men and of books ; ready for his writ- ing , not through stress of passionate impulse , but through sheer enjoyment of putting down on paper the well - digested learning , the allusions , and the references which are the ...
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