Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 137
... 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 about the town in fashionable boots . They also , in ...
... 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 about the town in fashionable boots . They also , in ...
Page 138
... 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 writers of the essay have formed themselves . I do not want to belittle ...
... 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 writers of the essay have formed themselves . I do not want to belittle ...
Page 139
... familiar style . If he copies , or is arch , he does not interest us ; if he recognizably , while abandoning every attempt to impress , and seeking first of all to please , speaks out of varied , discursive interest in whatever is human ...
... familiar style . If he copies , or is arch , he does not interest us ; if he recognizably , while abandoning every attempt to impress , and seeking first of all to please , speaks out of varied , discursive interest in whatever is human ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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