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Pagina 8
... mind . Here , again , is a point in the history of the essay which is worthy of careful note . If we find that the essay is still sermonic in form , that it is in the nature of a secular homily or dissertation , the reason is obvious ...
... mind . Here , again , is a point in the history of the essay which is worthy of careful note . If we find that the essay is still sermonic in form , that it is in the nature of a secular homily or dissertation , the reason is obvious ...
Pagina 10
... mind upon the essay has never been out- lived . Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt are as truly preachers as Fuller and Baxter . Of the thirty - eight essayists who con- tribute to this volume , no less than fifteen were either ordained clergymen ...
... mind upon the essay has never been out- lived . Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt are as truly preachers as Fuller and Baxter . Of the thirty - eight essayists who con- tribute to this volume , no less than fifteen were either ordained clergymen ...
Pagina 11
... mind , he is obsessed by no homiletical responsibilities , he is by turns familiar and profound , the scholar and the jester ; but in all he is Montaigne , and his essays are the exposition of a temperament capable of a great variety of ...
... mind , he is obsessed by no homiletical responsibilities , he is by turns familiar and profound , the scholar and the jester ; but in all he is Montaigne , and his essays are the exposition of a temperament capable of a great variety of ...
Pagina 12
... mind , with the exception of the authorised version of the Bible and cer- tain religious books . It should be added also that the inimitable translation of John Florio , published in 1613 , is less a translation than a rendering ...
... mind , with the exception of the authorised version of the Bible and cer- tain religious books . It should be added also that the inimitable translation of John Florio , published in 1613 , is less a translation than a rendering ...
Pagina 13
... mind ; an irregular , undigested piece ; not a regular and orderly composition . " The reason for this depreciation probably lay in the brief and fugitive nature of the essay . If lyric verse may be described as a swallow- flight of ...
... mind ; an irregular , undigested piece ; not a regular and orderly composition . " The reason for this depreciation probably lay in the brief and fugitive nature of the essay . If lyric verse may be described as a swallow- flight of ...
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The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
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