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... style that it made little appeal to young people . The more modern tendency has been to turn to our essayists of today for inspiration and enter- tainment . A study of either the older or the contemporary writers is obviously ...
... style that it made little appeal to young people . The more modern tendency has been to turn to our essayists of today for inspiration and enter- tainment . A study of either the older or the contemporary writers is obviously ...
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... style . Many people mistake a familiar for a vulgar * style , and suppose that to write without affectation is to write at random . the contrary , there is nothing that requires more precision , and , if I may so say , purity of ...
... style . Many people mistake a familiar for a vulgar * style , and suppose that to write without affectation is to write at random . the contrary , there is nothing that requires more precision , and , if I may so say , purity of ...
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... style without ideas as it is to spread a pallet of showy colors or to smear in a flaunt- ing transparency . " What do you read ? " read ? " " Words , words , words . " " What is the matter ? " " Nothing , " it might be answered . The ...
... style without ideas as it is to spread a pallet of showy colors or to smear in a flaunt- ing transparency . " What do you read ? " read ? " " Words , words , words . " " What is the matter ? " " Nothing , " it might be answered . The ...
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ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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