The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Hugh Walker. periodical essay . Contrast him with Steele in his attitude towards women , and it is at once evident how greatly in- ferior , or at least how widely different , the periodical essay must have been had Swift been the guiding ...
Hugh Walker. periodical essay . Contrast him with Steele in his attitude towards women , and it is at once evident how greatly in- ferior , or at least how widely different , the periodical essay must have been had Swift been the guiding ...
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... periodicals was springing up , a class catering , by a more complex organisation , for more varied needs . Strictly , perhaps , it is only the writers of periodical essays who ought to be described as imitators of Steele and Addison ...
... periodicals was springing up , a class catering , by a more complex organisation , for more varied needs . Strictly , perhaps , it is only the writers of periodical essays who ought to be described as imitators of Steele and Addison ...
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... periodical essay of the type initiated by Steele gave un- equivocal symptoms of decay , and that , though a consider- able number of papers continued to be produced , they were feeble and flaccid . The reason was that this kind of ...
... periodical essay of the type initiated by Steele gave un- equivocal symptoms of decay , and that , though a consider- able number of papers continued to be produced , they were feeble and flaccid . The reason was that this kind of ...
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