The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... called a lyric , and even of one called an epic or a tragedy , we have hardly the vaguest idea of what we shall find in a composition entitled an essay . This extreme indefiniteness is partly inherent in the nature of the thing ...
... called a lyric , and even of one called an epic or a tragedy , we have hardly the vaguest idea of what we shall find in a composition entitled an essay . This extreme indefiniteness is partly inherent in the nature of the thing ...
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... called him her " polish'd and high - finished foe . " It is commonly supposed that his morality was nothing but the convention of his class , and that he was prepared to condone the deepest immorality , provided only it did not violate ...
... called him her " polish'd and high - finished foe . " It is commonly supposed that his morality was nothing but the convention of his class , and that he was prepared to condone the deepest immorality , provided only it did not violate ...
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... called for , and our social progress seems to become one triumphant and enjoy- able course of what is sometimes called , vulgarly , outrunning the constable . " This from a Liberal , in the days when the Manchester School was in its ...
... called for , and our social progress seems to become one triumphant and enjoy- able course of what is sometimes called , vulgarly , outrunning the constable . " This from a Liberal , in the days when the Manchester School was in its ...
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