Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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... prose style of which it is the consummate expression he denounces as fundamentally wrong . The contradiction is obvious ; but there can be little doubt that , though Browne has , as it were , extorted a personal homage , Mr. Gosse's ...
... prose style of which it is the consummate expression he denounces as fundamentally wrong . The contradiction is obvious ; but there can be little doubt that , though Browne has , as it were , extorted a personal homage , Mr. Gosse's ...
Page 37
... prose style - the style which Dryden first established and Swift brought to per- fection are obvious enough . Its advantages are those of clarity and force ; but its faults , which , of course , are unim- portant in the work of a great ...
... prose style - the style which Dryden first established and Swift brought to per- fection are obvious enough . Its advantages are those of clarity and force ; but its faults , which , of course , are unim- portant in the work of a great ...
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... prose . Then they brought a faggot , kindled with fire , and laid the same down at Doctor Ridley's feet . To whom Master Latimer spake in this manner : ' Be of good comfort , Master Ridley , and play the man . We shall this day light ...
... prose . Then they brought a faggot , kindled with fire , and laid the same down at Doctor Ridley's feet . To whom Master Latimer spake in this manner : ' Be of good comfort , Master Ridley , and play the man . We shall this day light ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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