The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 118
... probably had none ; but for critical intuition he was unsurpassed and probably unequalled in his own day . Naturally therefore his criticisms are only occa- sional , but they show a fine instinct for what is good in litera- ture . Probably ...
... probably had none ; but for critical intuition he was unsurpassed and probably unequalled in his own day . Naturally therefore his criticisms are only occa- sional , but they show a fine instinct for what is good in litera- ture . Probably ...
Page 173
... probably in the long run be fatal to him . Light literature , like light wine , does not keep long . Nor will Hunt's style permanently save him . It is an easy and agreeable but not a great style . Sometimes its colloquialism , right ...
... probably in the long run be fatal to him . Light literature , like light wine , does not keep long . Nor will Hunt's style permanently save him . It is an easy and agreeable but not a great style . Sometimes its colloquialism , right ...
Page 323
... Probably Gissing began with some more or less definite idea of making the book a unity . He hints as much in the preface , where he speaks of the papers of the imaginary Ryecroft : " I suspect that , in his happy leisure , there grew ...
... Probably Gissing began with some more or less definite idea of making the book a unity . He hints as much in the preface , where he speaks of the papers of the imaginary Ryecroft : " I suspect that , in his happy leisure , there grew ...
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