The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 107
... Evidence of a certain dearth of matter appears at an early stage . Thus , No. 6 is padded with the first instalment of a " journal of the Iliad , " and No. 35 with a long quotation from Hamlet's advice to the players ; while No. 7 ...
... Evidence of a certain dearth of matter appears at an early stage . Thus , No. 6 is padded with the first instalment of a " journal of the Iliad , " and No. 35 with a long quotation from Hamlet's advice to the players ; while No. 7 ...
Page 120
... evidence were needed it would be found in the frequency with which the flattery of imitation was paid to the initiators . Addison himself , in a paper in The Tatler , notices some of the imitations . There was a Re - Tatler , a Female ...
... evidence were needed it would be found in the frequency with which the flattery of imitation was paid to the initiators . Addison himself , in a paper in The Tatler , notices some of the imitations . There was a Re - Tatler , a Female ...
Page 147
... evidence of a mind remarkably sane and well balanced . If further evidence were needed , probably the most convincing of all would be found in the essays . These have been unduly neglected . In Drake's table of periodical papers such ...
... evidence of a mind remarkably sane and well balanced . If further evidence were needed , probably the most convincing of all would be found in the essays . These have been unduly neglected . In Drake's table of periodical papers such ...
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