The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... spirit in which the essays themselves were done . It is basically assumed through- out that the best study of any literature is the study of the literature itself , that the essays of the masters will be by far their own best ...
... spirit in which the essays themselves were done . It is basically assumed through- out that the best study of any literature is the study of the literature itself , that the essays of the masters will be by far their own best ...
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... spirit and a style which savor strongly of the Frenchman . THE ESSAY SINCE MONTAIGNE The publication of the Baconian Book of Proverbs , in 1597 , was the birth of the modern essay , though it seems to have taken this literary type ...
... spirit and a style which savor strongly of the Frenchman . THE ESSAY SINCE MONTAIGNE The publication of the Baconian Book of Proverbs , in 1597 , was the birth of the modern essay , though it seems to have taken this literary type ...
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... spirit in England chose this spoiled son of royalty as its first target . Bacon was convicted of bribery before adverse judges , and though his heavy sentence was soon remitted his political career was ended . The essay " THE APHORISTIC ...
... spirit in England chose this spoiled son of royalty as its first target . Bacon was convicted of bribery before adverse judges , and though his heavy sentence was soon remitted his political career was ended . The essay " THE APHORISTIC ...
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... spirit rising from the dust , soars from the shell that held a poor grub , which would never have found wings had not the stone been lifted . " Holmes is essentially a poet , even when he is philos- ophizing most sagely ; and his ideal ...
... spirit rising from the dust , soars from the shell that held a poor grub , which would never have found wings had not the stone been lifted . " Holmes is essentially a poet , even when he is philos- ophizing most sagely ; and his ideal ...
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... of thinking , the vivifying spirit and the rejuve- nating comments of their comradely authors who so loved humanity , furnish solace and refreshment to the reader , especially to the reader who perchance has grown 48.
... of thinking , the vivifying spirit and the rejuve- nating comments of their comradely authors who so loved humanity , furnish solace and refreshment to the reader , especially to the reader who perchance has grown 48.
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