The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 40
... gives considerably every hour , but in reverence of one season in the year , all that come may freely take . " Even if we confine our view to his prose , however , Dekker was much more than merely a character - writer , and his style in ...
... gives considerably every hour , but in reverence of one season in the year , all that come may freely take . " Even if we confine our view to his prose , however , Dekker was much more than merely a character - writer , and his style in ...
Page 44
... gives a hint of the nature of his book . A fair specimen of it may be found in the picture of The Unthrift : - " He ranges beyond his pale , and lives without compass . His expense is measured , not by ability , but will . His pleasures ...
... gives a hint of the nature of his book . A fair specimen of it may be found in the picture of The Unthrift : - " He ranges beyond his pale , and lives without compass . His expense is measured , not by ability , but will . His pleasures ...
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... gives charm to those favourites of Lamb , the papers on Coaches and their Horses and the pathetic one on the Deaths of Little Children . There are reminders of Lamb himself in such papers . The likeness is very striking in that ...
... gives charm to those favourites of Lamb , the papers on Coaches and their Horses and the pathetic one on the Deaths of Little Children . There are reminders of Lamb himself in such papers . The likeness is very striking in that ...
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