Literary EssaysA companion volume to Biographical Essays, this collection of twenty-five pieces includes two of Strachey's finest critical essays, "Shakespeare's Final Period" and "English Letter Writers." Index. |
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Page 51
... English even there . As a true - born Briton he had to do his job thor- oughly ; and so his licentiousness , like English furniture and English cutlery , is the genuine article , turned out regardless of expense . It would be pleasant ...
... English even there . As a true - born Briton he had to do his job thor- oughly ; and so his licentiousness , like English furniture and English cutlery , is the genuine article , turned out regardless of expense . It would be pleasant ...
Page 103
... English is never good , and who writes , on p . 135 , ' Who would believe that others exist who pride themselves in not thinking like anyone else thinks ? ' The actual translation , too , is often unfortu- nately careless ; several ...
... English is never good , and who writes , on p . 135 , ' Who would believe that others exist who pride themselves in not thinking like anyone else thinks ? ' The actual translation , too , is often unfortu- nately careless ; several ...
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... English novel experienced a remark- able eclipse . From the publication of The Vicar of Wakefield , in 1766 , to the composition of Pride and Prejudice , in 1796 , for the whole of that period of thirty years , no novel of the first ...
... English novel experienced a remark- able eclipse . From the publication of The Vicar of Wakefield , in 1766 , to the composition of Pride and Prejudice , in 1796 , for the whole of that period of thirty years , no novel of the first ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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