English Prose: From Maundevile to ThackerayArthur Howard Galton |
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Page 156
... expressions . A substantial beauty , as it comes out of the hands of nature , needs neither paint nor patch ; things never made to adorn , but to cover something that would be hid . It is with expression , and the clothing of a man's ...
... expressions . A substantial beauty , as it comes out of the hands of nature , needs neither paint nor patch ; things never made to adorn , but to cover something that would be hid . It is with expression , and the clothing of a man's ...
Page 180
... expressions , which must needs suffer by my want of capacity , as well as by a translation into our barbarous English . In obedience therefore to his honour's commands , I related to him the revolutions under the prince of Orange ; the ...
... expressions , which must needs suffer by my want of capacity , as well as by a translation into our barbarous English . In obedience therefore to his honour's commands , I related to him the revolutions under the prince of Orange ; the ...
Page 192
... expressions in their serious compositions , by throwing out the signs of our substantives , which are essential to the English language . Nay , this humour of shortening our language had once run so far , that some of our celebrated ...
... expressions in their serious compositions , by throwing out the signs of our substantives , which are essential to the English language . Nay , this humour of shortening our language had once run so far , that some of our celebrated ...
Page 195
... expressions in which our newspapers do so much abound . I have seen many a prudent citizen , after having read every article , enquire of his next neighbour what news the mail had brought . I remember , in that remarkable year , when ...
... expressions in which our newspapers do so much abound . I have seen many a prudent citizen , after having read every article , enquire of his next neighbour what news the mail had brought . I remember , in that remarkable year , when ...
Page 241
... Expression , and even to Colouring and Drapery . Invention in Painting does not imply the invention of the subject ; for that is commonly supplied by the Poet or His- torian . With respect to the choice , no subject can be proper that ...
... Expression , and even to Colouring and Drapery . Invention in Painting does not imply the invention of the subject ; for that is commonly supplied by the Poet or His- torian . With respect to the choice , no subject can be proper that ...
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