The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and NotesHarper & brothers, 1909 - 351 pagina's |
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... observation . Its relation to the spoken word is obvious . Even in our own day the public address , reduced to writing , is accepted as an essay ; and it is tolerably certain that the essay commenced its career as an oral utterance ...
... observation . Its relation to the spoken word is obvious . Even in our own day the public address , reduced to writing , is accepted as an essay ; and it is tolerably certain that the essay commenced its career as an oral utterance ...
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... observe either the dialogue or the essay form . The essay also derives itself , upon even clearer evidence , from ... observation , their note of personal experience , and their frequent ironic wit . It is probable that no inconsiderable ...
... observe either the dialogue or the essay form . The essay also derives itself , upon even clearer evidence , from ... observation , their note of personal experience , and their frequent ironic wit . It is probable that no inconsiderable ...
Pagina 17
... observe that no existing form of literature exhibits so much flexibility or allows so wide a field for the display of idiosyncrasy . The essay may obey its earliest impulse and be sermonic , as is dis- tinctly the case in Carlyle's Hero ...
... observe that no existing form of literature exhibits so much flexibility or allows so wide a field for the display of idiosyncrasy . The essay may obey its earliest impulse and be sermonic , as is dis- tinctly the case in Carlyle's Hero ...
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... observe , that amongst all the great and worthy persons , ( whereof the memory remaineth , either ancient or recent , ) there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love ; which shows , that great spirits and great ...
... observe , that amongst all the great and worthy persons , ( whereof the memory remaineth , either ancient or recent , ) there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love ; which shows , that great spirits and great ...
Pagina 93
... observation , those Ladies who are apt to make the greatest Clutter on such occasions , would liberally have paid a messenger for bringing them news , that their Husbands had broke their necks on the road . You will perhaps be offended ...
... observation , those Ladies who are apt to make the greatest Clutter on such occasions , would liberally have paid a messenger for bringing them news , that their Husbands had broke their necks on the road . You will perhaps be offended ...
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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 |
The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
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