The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 104
... wrote for the day , and great part of what he wrote is no longer worth preserving . But while this must be admitted , it is also true that both in the Review and in Lee's collection there is not a little good and some admirable work ...
... wrote for the day , and great part of what he wrote is no longer worth preserving . But while this must be admitted , it is also true that both in the Review and in Lee's collection there is not a little good and some admirable work ...
Page 123
... wrote a few papers , or parts of papers , for The Tatler , and one from The Spectator is printed among his works , though the passage from the Journal to Stella adduced in justification makes it clear that Swift claimed only to have ...
... wrote a few papers , or parts of papers , for The Tatler , and one from The Spectator is printed among his works , though the passage from the Journal to Stella adduced in justification makes it clear that Swift claimed only to have ...
Page 204
... wrote in haste , and it is surprising that , under the circumstances , what he wrote was so good . But posterity makes no allowance for circumstances , and this want of con- centration has contributed with the change of taste to depress ...
... wrote in haste , and it is surprising that , under the circumstances , what he wrote was so good . But posterity makes no allowance for circumstances , and this want of con- centration has contributed with the change of taste to depress ...
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