The Last Essays of EliaG. Routledge & sons, 1880 - 119 pages |
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... affected array of antique modes and phrases . They had not been his , if they had been other than such ; and better it is , that a writer should be natural in a self - pleasing quaintness , than to affect a naturalness ( so - called ) ...
... affected array of antique modes and phrases . They had not been his , if they had been other than such ; and better it is , that a writer should be natural in a self - pleasing quaintness , than to affect a naturalness ( so - called ) ...
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... affected array of antique modes and phrases . They had not been his , if they had been other than such ; and better it is , that a writer should be natural in a self - pleasing quaintness , than to affect a naturalness ( so - called ) ...
... affected array of antique modes and phrases . They had not been his , if they had been other than such ; and better it is , that a writer should be natural in a self - pleasing quaintness , than to affect a naturalness ( so - called ) ...
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... affected that dangerous figure - irony . He sowed doubtful speeches , and reaped plain , unequivocal hatred . He would interrupt the gravest discussion with some light jest ; and yet , perhaps , not quite irrelevant in ears that could ...
... affected that dangerous figure - irony . He sowed doubtful speeches , and reaped plain , unequivocal hatred . He would interrupt the gravest discussion with some light jest ; and yet , perhaps , not quite irrelevant in ears that could ...
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