The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... judgment is shown in the excellent comparison , in the Preface to the Fables , between Chaucer and Ovid . " The ... judgment was warped , as it probably was by patriotism when he pronounced Chaucer's Knight's Tale " perhaps not much ...
... judgment is shown in the excellent comparison , in the Preface to the Fables , between Chaucer and Ovid . " The ... judgment was warped , as it probably was by patriotism when he pronounced Chaucer's Knight's Tale " perhaps not much ...
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... judgment of Macaulay . In the case of Addison the question of character is strictly relevant to a judgment on his literary work . Few English authors more accurately and exactly reveal themselves in their writings ; and Addison has been ...
... judgment of Macaulay . In the case of Addison the question of character is strictly relevant to a judgment on his literary work . Few English authors more accurately and exactly reveal themselves in their writings ; and Addison has been ...
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... judgment of Henley in a notice which , if it errs , does not err on the side of severity . The justification of the judgment appears in a hundred passages such as that above quoted . CHAPTER XII SOME ESSAYISTS OF YESTERDAY THERE remain ...
... judgment of Henley in a notice which , if it errs , does not err on the side of severity . The justification of the judgment appears in a hundred passages such as that above quoted . CHAPTER XII SOME ESSAYISTS OF YESTERDAY THERE remain ...
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