The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... original prose , little indeed that can be commended without reserve . There is a freshness , a lavishness of thought and imagination , about the prose as well as the poetry of the great age that is apt to carry the student away . Its ...
... original prose , little indeed that can be commended without reserve . There is a freshness , a lavishness of thought and imagination , about the prose as well as the poetry of the great age that is apt to carry the student away . Its ...
Page 135
... original Ramblers rapidly and with little or no revision , he spent great care and pains upon the subsequent editions . According to Chalmers , the alterations made in the second and third editions " far exceed six thousand ; " and ...
... original Ramblers rapidly and with little or no revision , he spent great care and pains upon the subsequent editions . According to Chalmers , the alterations made in the second and third editions " far exceed six thousand ; " and ...
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... original genius established in his stead . Everybody acknowledges the wonderful charm of his style . Everybody feels the humour of Beau Tibbs . There is but one opinion about the essay on Westminster Abbey , with its solemn . beginning ...
... original genius established in his stead . Everybody acknowledges the wonderful charm of his style . Everybody feels the humour of Beau Tibbs . There is but one opinion about the essay on Westminster Abbey , with its solemn . beginning ...
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