The North American Review, Volume 107University of Northern Iowa, 1868 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 203
... writing which make one revise his judgment at every tenth page . In his prose you come upon passages that persuade you he is a poet , in spite of his verses so often turning state's evidence against him as to convince you he is none ...
... writing which make one revise his judgment at every tenth page . In his prose you come upon passages that persuade you he is a poet , in spite of his verses so often turning state's evidence against him as to convince you he is none ...
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... writing . There are no men of straw set up to be knocked down again , as there commonly are in debates conducted ... writers yet living , who first taught us to mould our thoughts into easy and significant words , to retrench the ...
... writing . There are no men of straw set up to be knocked down again , as there commonly are in debates conducted ... writers yet living , who first taught us to mould our thoughts into easy and significant words , to retrench the ...
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... writing was to use the English as if it were a spoken , and not merely an inkhorn lan- guage ; as if it were his own to do what he pleased with it , as if it need not be ashamed of itself . * In this respect , his service to our prose ...
... writing was to use the English as if it were a spoken , and not merely an inkhorn lan- guage ; as if it were his own to do what he pleased with it , as if it need not be ashamed of itself . * In this respect , his service to our prose ...
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METEORIC SHOWERS | 38 |
THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT IN ITALY | 51 |
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