A Study of English Prose Writers: A Laboratory MethodC. Scribner's sons, 1898 - 879 Seiten |
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... spirit of the great masters of style . The central idea of the book is found in the quotation from Leslie Stephen given on the title - page : " The whole art of criticism consists in learning to know the human being who is partially ...
... spirit of the great masters of style . The central idea of the book is found in the quotation from Leslie Stephen given on the title - page : " The whole art of criticism consists in learning to know the human being who is partially ...
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... spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to rest itself upon ; or a fort or a commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for ...
... spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to rest itself upon ; or a fort or a commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for ...
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... spirit . First he breathed light upon the face of the matter , or chaos , then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen . " - Of Truth . " The understanding when ...
... spirit . First he breathed light upon the face of the matter , or chaos , then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen . " - Of Truth . " The understanding when ...
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... Spirit , the joy and solace of created things ! one Tri - personal God - head ! look upon this thy poor and almost spent and expiring church . Oh , let them not bring about their damned designs - to reinvolve us in that pitchy cloud of ...
... Spirit , the joy and solace of created things ! one Tri - personal God - head ! look upon this thy poor and almost spent and expiring church . Oh , let them not bring about their damned designs - to reinvolve us in that pitchy cloud of ...
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... spirit . To be universally intelligible is not the highest merit . A great mind cannot , without injurious restraint , shrink itself to the grasp of common , passive readers . Its natural movement is free , bold , and majestic ; and it ...
... spirit . To be universally intelligible is not the highest merit . A great mind cannot , without injurious restraint , shrink itself to the grasp of common , passive readers . Its natural movement is free , bold , and majestic ; and it ...
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