The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... gifts - Sir William Cornwallis , whose Essays were published in 1600 , and Robert Johnson , who thought even essay too ambitious a name , and called his little volume Essaies , or rather Imperfect Offers ( 1601 ) . Johnson took a ...
... gifts - Sir William Cornwallis , whose Essays were published in 1600 , and Robert Johnson , who thought even essay too ambitious a name , and called his little volume Essaies , or rather Imperfect Offers ( 1601 ) . Johnson took a ...
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... gifts . No reader of the Life of Scott needs to be told that the biographer was master of a style far more pure and effective though less showy than that of Wilson . The scene of Scott's death is a masterpiece . Further , Peter's ...
... gifts . No reader of the Life of Scott needs to be told that the biographer was master of a style far more pure and effective though less showy than that of Wilson . The scene of Scott's death is a masterpiece . Further , Peter's ...
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... gifts . He was highly skilled in drawing character - sketches - witness his Letter to John Cairns about his own ... gift of literary criticism is shown in Oh , I'm wat , wat ; and Notes on Art proves that he had the same gift for the ...
... gifts . He was highly skilled in drawing character - sketches - witness his Letter to John Cairns about his own ... gift of literary criticism is shown in Oh , I'm wat , wat ; and Notes on Art proves that he had the same gift for the ...
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