Essays on Milton and AddisonAllyn and Bacon, 1892 - 170 páginas |
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... reader with comparisons , and never suffering him to relax his attention . His paragraphs are full of names or of suggestions of names . He assumes that his reader has the same acquaintance with the older literature as himself . To ...
... reader with comparisons , and never suffering him to relax his attention . His paragraphs are full of names or of suggestions of names . He assumes that his reader has the same acquaintance with the older literature as himself . To ...
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... reader of Macaulay must often stop and think ; he must summon up all his historical and literary memories ; often he must inaugurate fresh reading under the stimulus of an off - hand citation that evidently was deemed by the author to ...
... reader of Macaulay must often stop and think ; he must summon up all his historical and literary memories ; often he must inaugurate fresh reading under the stimulus of an off - hand citation that evidently was deemed by the author to ...
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Samuel Thurber. nal facts . The young reader is apt to ask for a list of books to read , and the old adviser is often too willing to accede to the request . But prearranged ... reader is apt to ask ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Samuel Thurber. nal facts . The young reader is apt to ask for a list of books to read , and the old adviser is often too willing to accede to the request . But prearranged ... reader is apt to ask ...
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... readers he may be accepted as a safe guide . His exaggerated expressions are never intended to conceal insufficiency of knowledge . He never indulges in mere conventional phrasing , the besetting sin of young and ambitious writers . He ...
... readers he may be accepted as a safe guide . His exaggerated expressions are never intended to conceal insufficiency of knowledge . He never indulges in mere conventional phrasing , the besetting sin of young and ambitious writers . He ...
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... reader of English must reach the end of the chapter . Infinite other chapters await his eager attention . Hence the English reader must learn to recognize and set aside what is unimportant . Even the unimportant things will gradually ...
... reader of English must reach the end of the chapter . Infinite other chapters await his eager attention . Hence the English reader must learn to recognize and set aside what is unimportant . Even the unimportant things will gradually ...
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