The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... language , being rehabilitated after its long relegation under the Norman conquest as the vernac- ular of the unlettered poor , was so crude that even in- spired genius and genuine love could not write a literary essay in English , to ...
... language , being rehabilitated after its long relegation under the Norman conquest as the vernac- ular of the unlettered poor , was so crude that even in- spired genius and genuine love could not write a literary essay in English , to ...
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... language and around which have grown up associations and memories that make them pregnant with meaning . The English language should be written as an English- man or an American would write , not in the manner of a German or a Frenchman ...
... language and around which have grown up associations and memories that make them pregnant with meaning . The English language should be written as an English- man or an American would write , not in the manner of a German or a Frenchman ...
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... it be as translation . As the most sublime poetry ever written is the Hebrew poetry of the Bible , the translators had to dignify and beautify the English language to make it a fit vehicle for translation . 26 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
... it be as translation . As the most sublime poetry ever written is the Hebrew poetry of the Bible , the translators had to dignify and beautify the English language to make it a fit vehicle for translation . 26 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
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Eleanore (Sister Mary). language to make it a fit vehicle for translation . ' The im- portance of this translation to the aphoristic essay , which is modeled on the Book of Wisdom and the Book of Proverbs , is obvious . DEFINITION The ...
Eleanore (Sister Mary). language to make it a fit vehicle for translation . ' The im- portance of this translation to the aphoristic essay , which is modeled on the Book of Wisdom and the Book of Proverbs , is obvious . DEFINITION The ...
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... languages , they have furnished more quotations than any other prose writing in the English language . If when we come to read them we find our- selves inclined to grumble a bit because the paragraphs lack the composition and harmonious ...
... languages , they have furnished more quotations than any other prose writing in the English language . If when we come to read them we find our- selves inclined to grumble a bit because the paragraphs lack the composition and harmonious ...
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