The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 77
... whole . The opening chapters , with their curious lore , gradually work up to the reflections at the close , for which the whole has been written . We have nearly reached the height in the MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYISTS 77.
... whole . The opening chapters , with their curious lore , gradually work up to the reflections at the close , for which the whole has been written . We have nearly reached the height in the MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYISTS 77.
Page 136
... whole the impression is sombre , and it is evident that the periodical essay had been turned to purposes widely different from those of its founders . They are purposes for which it is less admirably fitted . Were he to be judged merely ...
... whole the impression is sombre , and it is evident that the periodical essay had been turned to purposes widely different from those of its founders . They are purposes for which it is less admirably fitted . Were he to be judged merely ...
Page 152
... whole passage can hardly be so explained ; nor can the argument with Johnson on the same subject , which is reported by Boswell . Goldsmith then was inconsistent . He never harmonised the phases of truth which he saw succes- sively ...
... whole passage can hardly be so explained ; nor can the argument with Johnson on the same subject , which is reported by Boswell . Goldsmith then was inconsistent . He never harmonised the phases of truth which he saw succes- sively ...
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