The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... matter under inquiry is . " Yet Cicero himself admits the difficulty of formulating definitions , " in the con- sideration of which men's minds are frequently at- tracted to opposing opinions . " Cicero was , however , speaking here of ...
... matter under inquiry is . " Yet Cicero himself admits the difficulty of formulating definitions , " in the con- sideration of which men's minds are frequently at- tracted to opposing opinions . " Cicero was , however , speaking here of ...
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... matter of prose and that of poetry must necessarily end . But the externals , the technique of these two arts , give opportunity for endless comparative study . Formal poetry is made by the welding together of two rhythms , the basic ...
... matter of prose and that of poetry must necessarily end . But the externals , the technique of these two arts , give opportunity for endless comparative study . Formal poetry is made by the welding together of two rhythms , the basic ...
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... matter than is the invisible soul to the body of the living man . Applying to this fact , however , a bit of Chestertonian reasoning , we shall maintain that the invisible soul of man is perhaps more visible than his body , because the ...
... matter than is the invisible soul to the body of the living man . Applying to this fact , however , a bit of Chestertonian reasoning , we shall maintain that the invisible soul of man is perhaps more visible than his body , because the ...
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... matter how inspired a writer may be and no mat- ter how charming his personality , his style must ever be built upon the substructure of grammar and rhetoric , just as the writer's character is built upon the substruc- ture of moral law ...
... matter how inspired a writer may be and no mat- ter how charming his personality , his style must ever be built upon the substructure of grammar and rhetoric , just as the writer's character is built upon the substruc- ture of moral law ...
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... matters is the personal element . Better a hundred words which the student handles as easily as he wields a tennis - racket than a thousand which he fumbles in agony as if they were hot marbles . Good reading — with a friendly ...
... matters is the personal element . Better a hundred words which the student handles as easily as he wields a tennis - racket than a thousand which he fumbles in agony as if they were hot marbles . Good reading — with a friendly ...
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