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Page 137
It was from Steele and Addison that , for the future , familiar essayists drew their inspiration . That is why the matter of their work is more of a piece with its manner . I must admit that they sometimes abandoned slippers and walked ...
It was from Steele and Addison that , for the future , familiar essayists drew their inspiration . That is why the matter of their work is more of a piece with its manner . I must admit that they sometimes abandoned slippers and walked ...
Page 138
Nevertheless , his reminiscent ease decided the course to be taken by the familiar essay for a century and more . His was the “ truly English style ” invoked by Hazlitt . It is on Lamb's model rather than Hazlitt's own that subsequent ...
Nevertheless , his reminiscent ease decided the course to be taken by the familiar essay for a century and more . His was the “ truly English style ” invoked by Hazlitt . It is on Lamb's model rather than Hazlitt's own that subsequent ...
Page 139
It is not the pattern of the slippers , but the pattern of the author's mind which is involved in the familiar style . If he copies , or is arch , he does not interest us ; if he recognizably , while abandoning every attempt to impress ...
It is not the pattern of the slippers , but the pattern of the author's mind which is involved in the familiar style . If he copies , or is arch , he does not interest us ; if he recognizably , while abandoning every attempt to impress ...
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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