Common-school Literature, English and American: With Several Hundred Extracts to be MemorizedContains a short sketch about Eugene Field and his work (p. 123-124). |
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... style . Of course no short extract can rive an adequate idea of the character of a work as a whole . The brief notices in fine print ( pp . 11 , 16. etc. ) are not to be recited . They are ntended to give a general view of the field of ...
... style . Of course no short extract can rive an adequate idea of the character of a work as a whole . The brief notices in fine print ( pp . 11 , 16. etc. ) are not to be recited . They are ntended to give a general view of the field of ...
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... his weakness . He is equally an object of laughter and of love , of pity and admiration . His style much resembles Addison's , being pure , easy , graceful , and abounding in quaint AGE OF JOHNSON . 25 -AGE OF JOHNSON.
... his weakness . He is equally an object of laughter and of love , of pity and admiration . His style much resembles Addison's , being pure , easy , graceful , and abounding in quaint AGE OF JOHNSON . 25 -AGE OF JOHNSON.
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... of John Gilpin . His letters are among the finest speci- mens of epistolary style in the language . They have fitly been called " talking letters . " EXTRACTS . I. God made the country and man made 28 COMMON - SCHOOL LITERATURE .
... of John Gilpin . His letters are among the finest speci- mens of epistolary style in the language . They have fitly been called " talking letters . " EXTRACTS . I. God made the country and man made 28 COMMON - SCHOOL LITERATURE .
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... style in these respects , that it has been called " Johnsonese , " or " Johnsonian style . " ( See Boswell's Life of Johr.son . ) He wrote both poetry and prose . His principal poems are London , The Vanity of Human Wishes , and his ...
... style in these respects , that it has been called " Johnsonese , " or " Johnsonian style . " ( See Boswell's Life of Johr.son . ) He wrote both poetry and prose . His principal poems are London , The Vanity of Human Wishes , and his ...
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... style , in clear analysis of characters , in philosophical insight into causes and effects , and in orderly arrangement and luminous presentation of events , it has rarely if ever been surpassed . Hume's chief faults as an historian are ...
... style , in clear analysis of characters , in philosophical insight into causes and effects , and in orderly arrangement and luminous presentation of events , it has rarely if ever been surpassed . Hume's chief faults as an historian are ...
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