English Literature in the Early Eighteenth Century, 1700-1740, 7. köideClarendon Press, 1959 - 701 pages |
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... writing and a little poetry ( mostly the early Pope ) —the best writing , the most original and forceful was journalism . This is partly because it was addressed to the new reading public which demanded matter of urgent interest , but ...
... writing and a little poetry ( mostly the early Pope ) —the best writing , the most original and forceful was journalism . This is partly because it was addressed to the new reading public which demanded matter of urgent interest , but ...
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... writing for the young Lord Cornbury , the descendant of his admired Clarendon ; but even when writing more sternly , as in the philosophical essays , there is always about his phrases the grace of human speech . No small feat when ...
... writing for the young Lord Cornbury , the descendant of his admired Clarendon ; but even when writing more sternly , as in the philosophical essays , there is always about his phrases the grace of human speech . No small feat when ...
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... writing of history is an art . On this assumption Abel Boyer should have been among the read- able historians , a position it would be difficult to claim for him ; but if he fails in this respect , he did , in his Preface to A History ...
... writing of history is an art . On this assumption Abel Boyer should have been among the read- able historians , a position it would be difficult to claim for him ; but if he fails in this respect , he did , in his Preface to A History ...
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