A SELECTION

FROM

THE BEST

ENGLISH ESSAYS

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH PROSE STYLE

WITH

CHOSEN AND ARRANGED HISTORICAL & CRITICAL INTRODUCTIONS

By SHERWIN CODY

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EDITOR OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHORT STORIES," AND AUTHOR

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ог THE ART OF WRITING AND SPEAKING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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JOHN FRANKLIN GENUNG, PH.D.,

Professor of Rhetoric at Amherst College