The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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Page 19
... 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 a word of tribute to John ...
... 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 a word of tribute to John ...
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... 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 , a Puritan of the ...
... 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 , a Puritan of the ...
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... light and leading , ' the whole studious youth of Europe flocked . " The poor scholar , of necessity begging his way from city to city that he might save himself from being treated as a criminal , like the ordinary beggar , had to carry ...
... light and leading , ' the whole studious youth of Europe flocked . " The poor scholar , of necessity begging his way from city to city that he might save himself from being treated as a criminal , like the ordinary beggar , had to carry ...
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... may divide them : just as in the Candle , I know there is both Light and Heat . But yet put out the Candle , and they are both gone ; one remains not without the other : So it is betwixt faith and THE APHORISTIC ESSAY 37.
... may divide them : just as in the Candle , I know there is both Light and Heat . But yet put out the Candle , and they are both gone ; one remains not without the other : So it is betwixt faith and THE APHORISTIC ESSAY 37.
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... light of this Cornwallis seems to be an excellent example of Jonson's " he that was only taught by him- self , " and yet how quaintly pretty is his characteriza- tion of writing as the attempt to bring the hand and the fancy acquainted ...
... light of this Cornwallis seems to be an excellent example of Jonson's " he that was only taught by him- self , " and yet how quaintly pretty is his characteriza- tion of writing as the attempt to bring the hand and the fancy acquainted ...
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