Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 |
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... English prose as should not only pre- sent good specimens of English style , but should also be fairly characteristic of the meth- ods of thought and manner of expression of the several writers . It has also been part of the plan to ...
... English prose as should not only pre- sent good specimens of English style , but should also be fairly characteristic of the meth- ods of thought and manner of expression of the several writers . It has also been part of the plan to ...
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... English undefiled ' as if the language ever sprang from a well or fountain - head , and was not rather a mere confluence of various tongues , perpetually subject to changes and intermixt- ures . It is this which has made English ...
... English undefiled ' as if the language ever sprang from a well or fountain - head , and was not rather a mere confluence of various tongues , perpetually subject to changes and intermixt- ures . It is this which has made English ...
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... English abroad , urges that the English ideal is that every one should be free to do and to look just as he likes . But culture indefatigably tries , not to make what each raw person may like the rule by which he fashions himself ; but ...
... English abroad , urges that the English ideal is that every one should be free to do and to look just as he likes . But culture indefatigably tries , not to make what each raw person may like the rule by which he fashions himself ; but ...
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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