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Page 83
... writing that aims at glorifying war usually takes on an archaic color , its characteristic words being : realm , throne , chariot , mailed fist , trident , sword , shield , buckler , banner , jackboot , clarion . Foreign words and ...
... writing that aims at glorifying war usually takes on an archaic color , its characteristic words being : realm , throne , chariot , mailed fist , trident , sword , shield , buckler , banner , jackboot , clarion . Foreign words and ...
Page 85
... writing is not yet universal , and outcrops of simplicity will occur here and there in the worst- written page . Still , if you or I were told to write a few lines on the uncertainty of human fortunes , we should probably come much ...
... writing is not yet universal , and outcrops of simplicity will occur here and there in the worst- written page . Still , if you or I were told to write a few lines on the uncertainty of human fortunes , we should probably come much ...
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... writing is bad writing . Where it is not true , it will generally be found that the writer is some kind of rebel , expressing his private opinions and not a " party line . ” Orthodoxy , of whatever color , seems to demand a lifeless ...
... writing is bad writing . Where it is not true , it will generally be found that the writer is some kind of rebel , expressing his private opinions and not a " party line . ” Orthodoxy , of whatever color , seems to demand a lifeless ...
Contents
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE Chorus of Priests | 3 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 61 |
The ism of the Modern World | 201 |
Copyright | |
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