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... original criticism , expressed with all the freshness of originality . Among the possible effects of practical adhe- rence to a theory , that aims to identify the style of prose and verse ( if it does not indeed claim for the latter a ...
... original criticism , expressed with all the freshness of originality . Among the possible effects of practical adhe- rence to a theory , that aims to identify the style of prose and verse ( if it does not indeed claim for the latter a ...
Page 84
... original being clearly such as is not adopted in ordinary conversation . The other words printed in italics were so marked because , though good and genuine English , they are not the phraseology of common conversation either in the ...
... original being clearly such as is not adopted in ordinary conversation . The other words printed in italics were so marked because , though good and genuine English , they are not the phraseology of common conversation either in the ...
Page 89
... original , reads the verbal traduction of him into Latin prose , than which nothing seems more raving . " I then proceeded with his own free version of the second Olympic composed for the charitable purpose of rationalizing the Theban ...
... original , reads the verbal traduction of him into Latin prose , than which nothing seems more raving . " I then proceeded with his own free version of the second Olympic composed for the charitable purpose of rationalizing the Theban ...
Page 110
... obscurity only by keeping the original signification full in the mind . Thus Milton again , 66 Prepare thou for another scene . " ! Drayton ( if it was not rather a coincidence ) 110 The second shall be that noble imitation of ...
... obscurity only by keeping the original signification full in the mind . Thus Milton again , 66 Prepare thou for another scene . " ! Drayton ( if it was not rather a coincidence ) 110 The second shall be that noble imitation of ...
Page 117
... or mediocrity , wisely left to sink into oblivion by their own weight , with original essays on the most interesting subjects of the time , religious , or political ; in Hh3 117 faithfully noticing the frequent or infrequent ...
... or mediocrity , wisely left to sink into oblivion by their own weight , with original essays on the most interesting subjects of the time , religious , or political ; in Hh3 117 faithfully noticing the frequent or infrequent ...
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