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... logue . Plato . Cicero . - Lucian . Horne Tooke . neca . LETTER XXIV . Description and Origin of Poetry . - Metre.- Rhyme . - English Metres Page 1 . 13 . 42 60 86 LETTER XXV . Thoughts and Language of Poetry LETTER XXVI.
... logue . Plato . Cicero . - Lucian . Horne Tooke . neca . LETTER XXIV . Description and Origin of Poetry . - Metre.- Rhyme . - English Metres Page 1 . 13 . 42 60 86 LETTER XXV . Thoughts and Language of Poetry LETTER XXVI.
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... shall not be materially inter- rupted . As you will have to write in English , I would advise you to study the best models in your own language , for none has better writers of narrative . It will also be an improving ex- 6 NARRATION .
... shall not be materially inter- rupted . As you will have to write in English , I would advise you to study the best models in your own language , for none has better writers of narrative . It will also be an improving ex- 6 NARRATION .
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... English . 22 In the rapid survey which I am compelled to make of British historians , I shall pass over such works as Raleigh's History of the World , and Knolles's History of the Turks , as produc- tions long since consigned to the ...
... English . 22 In the rapid survey which I am compelled to make of British historians , I shall pass over such works as Raleigh's History of the World , and Knolles's History of the Turks , as produc- tions long since consigned to the ...
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... English composition had not ar- rived at perfection in his time ; and his periods are justly censured as long , embarassed , and sometimes ambiguous . Yet he was perhaps the first writer in prose who shewed the powers of the English ...
... English composition had not ar- rived at perfection in his time ; and his periods are justly censured as long , embarassed , and sometimes ambiguous . Yet he was perhaps the first writer in prose who shewed the powers of the English ...
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... English language . Few provincial or idiomatic phrases appear in his classical pages . He is sufficiently florid and fanciful to interest continually , and yet not so much as to tire or disgust . His ar- rangement is always luminous ...
... English language . Few provincial or idiomatic phrases appear in his classical pages . He is sufficiently florid and fanciful to interest continually , and yet not so much as to tire or disgust . His ar- rangement is always luminous ...
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