The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... look at his body . The invisible manner of writing is no less intimately and inseparably united to its matter than is the invisible soul to the body of the living man . Applying to this fact , however , a bit of Chestertonian reasoning ...
... look at his body . The invisible manner of writing is no less intimately and inseparably united to its matter than is the invisible soul to the body of the living man . Applying to this fact , however , a bit of Chestertonian reasoning ...
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... God , who bringest honest labour to good effect , look with mercy upon my studies and endeavours , " seems to have been answered . C EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-1797 ) If the almost antithetical epithets 80 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
... God , who bringest honest labour to good effect , look with mercy upon my studies and endeavours , " seems to have been answered . C EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-1797 ) If the almost antithetical epithets 80 THE LITERARY ESSAY IN ENGLISH.
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... look a gift horse in the mouth , feel that these everlasting asper- sions on Burke are in criminally bad taste . Granting that Burke , being English in his ideals , had English trade interests at heart , and granting that he was also an ...
... look a gift horse in the mouth , feel that these everlasting asper- sions on Burke are in criminally bad taste . Granting that Burke , being English in his ideals , had English trade interests at heart , and granting that he was also an ...
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... Shakespeare used the soliloquy , it is true , but only as a breathing space between two scenes breathless in intensity of action . • • · If we look for formal literary criticism , the works THE SHORT - STORY ESSAY 119.
... Shakespeare used the soliloquy , it is true , but only as a breathing space between two scenes breathless in intensity of action . • • · If we look for formal literary criticism , the works THE SHORT - STORY ESSAY 119.
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Eleanore (Sister Mary). If we look for formal literary criticism , the works of Stephen Leacock will disappoint us ; but if we look for the wisdom of the king's jester in his illuminating comments and his ridiculous parodies , we shall ...
Eleanore (Sister Mary). If we look for formal literary criticism , the works of Stephen Leacock will disappoint us ; but if we look for the wisdom of the king's jester in his illuminating comments and his ridiculous parodies , we shall ...
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