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... write a familiar 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 ...
... write a familiar 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 ...
Page 180
... write about . Any one may mouth out a passage with a theatrical cadence , or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts ; but to write or speak with propriety and simplicity is a more difficult task . Thus it is easy to affect a pompous style ...
... write about . Any one may mouth out a passage with a theatrical cadence , or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts ; but to write or speak with propriety and simplicity is a more difficult task . Thus it is easy to affect a pompous style ...
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... write again and then we will answer promptly . We put the letter back in the middle of the heap and think what a fine chap Bill is . But he knows we love him , so it doesn't really matter whether we write or not . Another week passes by ...
... write again and then we will answer promptly . We put the letter back in the middle of the heap and think what a fine chap Bill is . But he knows we love him , so it doesn't really matter whether we write or not . Another week passes by ...
Contents
ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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