A Book of English Essays (1600-1900)Stanley Victor Makower, Basil H. Blackwell Oxford University Press, 1952 - 440 pages |
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Page 85
... write what they think , and others to think what they shall write . ' But indeed there is a third and much more numerous sort , who never think either before they sit down or afterwards , and who , when they produce on paper what was ...
... write what they think , and others to think what they shall write . ' But indeed there is a third and much more numerous sort , who never think either before they sit down or afterwards , and who , when they produce on paper what was ...
Page 267
... write books superior in wit or learning to those who don't write at all . In regard of mere information , non - writers must often be superior to writers . You don't expect a lawyer in full practice to be conversant with all kinds of ...
... write books superior in wit or learning to those who don't write at all . In regard of mere information , non - writers must often be superior to writers . You don't expect a lawyer in full practice to be conversant with all kinds of ...
Page 393
... writer's sense of time- values , and the importance he attaches to several degrees of rest and pause . III It is ... write like Thackeray , and vice versa . This im- possibility of one man producing work in exactly the same manner as ...
... writer's sense of time- values , and the importance he attaches to several degrees of rest and pause . III It is ... write like Thackeray , and vice versa . This im- possibility of one man producing work in exactly the same manner as ...
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SIR THOMAS OVERBURY 15811613 | 9 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 16051682 | 16 |
THOMAS FULLER 16081661 | 22 |
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