The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... sort , and Fuller liked them so when they were to be had and would serve the purpose . But his was a richly " veined humanity , " and he has stories and reflections of the most serious sort as well . Occasionally the mere passing of ...
... sort , and Fuller liked them so when they were to be had and would serve the purpose . But his was a richly " veined humanity , " and he has stories and reflections of the most serious sort as well . Occasionally the mere passing of ...
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... sort ; but in him as in his friend John Wilson , " the central tie - beam was wanting , and thus he was con- demned to produce merely fragments . His essays ' there- fore are literally attempts at the various subjects with which they ...
... sort ; but in him as in his friend John Wilson , " the central tie - beam was wanting , and thus he was con- demned to produce merely fragments . His essays ' there- fore are literally attempts at the various subjects with which they ...
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... sort of disgrace in the very reading . For such artistic falsehoods , springing from what I have called already an unprincipled avidity after effect , no amount of blame can be exaggerated ; and above all , when the criminal is such a ...
... sort of disgrace in the very reading . For such artistic falsehoods , springing from what I have called already an unprincipled avidity after effect , no amount of blame can be exaggerated ; and above all , when the criminal is such a ...
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