Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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... remarkable . I may boldly answer , that Swift is in many places as easy and delicate as Addison , as grave and majestic as Tillotson , but neither Tillotson nor Addison are in any part of their works as concise as Swift . If , as I ...
... remarkable . I may boldly answer , that Swift is in many places as easy and delicate as Addison , as grave and majestic as Tillotson , but neither Tillotson nor Addison are in any part of their works as concise as Swift . If , as I ...
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... remarkable its conciseness - is also an essential mark of his mind and his art . That explains his greatness and his intensity ; it explains also what were the things he could not do . In order to be plain and simple it is necessary to ...
... remarkable its conciseness - is also an essential mark of his mind and his art . That explains his greatness and his intensity ; it explains also what were the things he could not do . In order to be plain and simple it is necessary to ...
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... remarkable way . Perhaps he has a still higher claim to be remembered . Wordsworth , like other great poets , made use of the work of writers who were not of much importance in themselves . He studied many of his eighteenth - century ...
... remarkable way . Perhaps he has a still higher claim to be remembered . Wordsworth , like other great poets , made use of the work of writers who were not of much importance in themselves . He studied many of his eighteenth - century ...
Contents
THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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