The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... productions , but all of this is kept carefully subordinate to the main pur- pose of inspiring in the student an efficient desire to explore for himself the rich field of the classic English essay . In the accomplishment of that purpose ...
... productions , but all of this is kept carefully subordinate to the main pur- pose of inspiring in the student an efficient desire to explore for himself the rich field of the classic English essay . In the accomplishment of that purpose ...
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... production must of its very nature be short . By including under our term " literary essay " any prose composition which is not strictly classed as history or fiction and which , though lacking the subjective element , has artistic per ...
... production must of its very nature be short . By including under our term " literary essay " any prose composition which is not strictly classed as history or fiction and which , though lacking the subjective element , has artistic per ...
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... production which reached per- fection in the letter essays of Cicero . The Orations of Demosthenes , the Dissertations of Epictetus , the Medi- tations of Marcus Aurelius , the letters and treatises of Dante , Theophrastus's Characters ...
... production which reached per- fection in the letter essays of Cicero . The Orations of Demosthenes , the Dissertations of Epictetus , the Medi- tations of Marcus Aurelius , the letters and treatises of Dante , Theophrastus's Characters ...
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... production which was to be but the receptacle , the bed of silver , whereon to lay his apples of gold - his de- tached thoughts , or " dispersed meditations . " Yet it is the essay that has made us know the man , for , as he said , it ...
... production which was to be but the receptacle , the bed of silver , whereon to lay his apples of gold - his de- tached thoughts , or " dispersed meditations . " Yet it is the essay that has made us know the man , for , as he said , it ...
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... productions were enthu- siastically received , for he was widely known as the most brilliant conversationalist of the famous Saturday Club of Boston . In this city of his predilection , " the hub of the universe , " he passed most of ...
... productions were enthu- siastically received , for he was widely known as the most brilliant conversationalist of the famous Saturday Club of Boston . In this city of his predilection , " the hub of the universe , " he passed most of ...
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