The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... piece , not a regular and orderly performance . " The Oxford English Dictionary combines the two conceptions . Its de- finition runs thus : " A composition of moderate length on any particular subject , or branch of a subject ...
... piece , not a regular and orderly performance . " The Oxford English Dictionary combines the two conceptions . Its de- finition runs thus : " A composition of moderate length on any particular subject , or branch of a subject ...
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... piece is lofty in thought . Elsewhere , we have sometimes to regret that Milton wrote as he did : in the Areopagitica he is never unworthy of himself . For two centuries and a half it has remained the classical defence of liberty of ...
... piece is lofty in thought . Elsewhere , we have sometimes to regret that Milton wrote as he did : in the Areopagitica he is never unworthy of himself . For two centuries and a half it has remained the classical defence of liberty of ...
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... piece of satirical humour , and so is the Brief Account of John Ginglicutt's Treatise con- cerning the Altercation or Scolding of the Ancients . But Arbuthnot's masterpiece is The Art of Political Lying , an essay , like the piece on ...
... piece of satirical humour , and so is the Brief Account of John Ginglicutt's Treatise con- cerning the Altercation or Scolding of the Ancients . But Arbuthnot's masterpiece is The Art of Political Lying , an essay , like the piece on ...
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