Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... style and its limitations . He may go on copying for the rest of his life . If he does that , posterity will never ... styles and their own philosophies 123 THE YOUNG WRITER'S ORDEAL.
... style and its limitations . He may go on copying for the rest of his life . If he does that , posterity will never ... styles and their own philosophies 123 THE YOUNG WRITER'S ORDEAL.
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... style ( or the style of George Gissing , a novelist passionately devoted to the dead languages ) drew any quality from that “ adequate knowledge ” . True , English writers who dip at random into an unstudied vocabulary make an ...
... style ( or the style of George Gissing , a novelist passionately devoted to the dead languages ) drew any quality from that “ adequate knowledge ” . True , English writers who dip at random into an unstudied vocabulary make an ...
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... style " invoked by Hazlitt . It is on Lamb's model rather than Hazlitt's own that subsequent writers of the essay have formed themselves . I do not want to belittle Hazlitt ; it is too often done . He was a great essayist . His range is ...
... style " invoked by Hazlitt . It is on Lamb's model rather than Hazlitt's own that subsequent writers of the essay have formed themselves . I do not want to belittle Hazlitt ; it is too often done . He was a great essayist . His range is ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
Copyright | |
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