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I do not know whether his literary 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 ...
I do not know whether his literary 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 ...
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His was the “ truly English 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 .
His was the “ truly English 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 .
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When he wrote , it was in the ragged style of a man scribbling hasty letters to his family . He sprinkled that style with words and phrases in Greek , Latin , French , or old college slang , words invented for the occasion , quotations ...
When he wrote , it was in the ragged style of a man scribbling hasty letters to his family . He sprinkled that style with words and phrases in Greek , Latin , French , or old college slang , words invented for the occasion , quotations ...
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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