Books and ReadersG.G. Harrap, 1931 - 255 стор. |
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... manner in which they performed their task , and there can be no doubt that the influence of their work , upon English prose in particular , has been wholly beneficial . In the sixteenth century English writers were becoming the victims ...
... manner in which they performed their task , and there can be no doubt that the influence of their work , upon English prose in particular , has been wholly beneficial . In the sixteenth century English writers were becoming the victims ...
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... manner which , for some reason or other , is displeasing to us . If , on the contrary , style is as natural and inevitable as the colour of the eyes , then we can only pity where we cannot praise , because censure is futile . The truth ...
... manner which , for some reason or other , is displeasing to us . If , on the contrary , style is as natural and inevitable as the colour of the eyes , then we can only pity where we cannot praise , because censure is futile . The truth ...
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... manner of unsuspected ways , and with all the dragooning in the world it cannot be exor- cised . As Walter Bagehot ... manners and tried hard to teach him better ways , but in vain . Carlyle , being himself , could do no other than ...
... manner of unsuspected ways , and with all the dragooning in the world it cannot be exor- cised . As Walter Bagehot ... manners and tried hard to teach him better ways , but in vain . Carlyle , being himself , could do no other than ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I THE NATURE OF READING | 13 |
RHYME AND REASON | 29 |
THE CHARM OF WORDS | 50 |
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