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... Dr Johnson . When English prose recovered simplicity with Hazlitt , the Shelley of the letters and Charles Lamb at his best , it lost it again with De Quincey , Carlyle , Meredith and Walter Pater . It is obvious that the grand style is ...
... Dr Johnson . When English prose recovered simplicity with Hazlitt , the Shelley of the letters and Charles Lamb at his best , it lost it again with De Quincey , Carlyle , Meredith and Walter Pater . It is obvious that the grand style is ...
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... Dr Johnson wrote with delight , for he had good sense , charm and wit . No one could have written better if he had not wilfully set himself to write in the grand style . He knew good English when he saw it . No critic has praised ...
... Dr Johnson wrote with delight , for he had good sense , charm and wit . No one could have written better if he had not wilfully set himself to write in the grand style . He knew good English when he saw it . No critic has praised ...
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... Dr Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his particular purposes , I must admit that his mannerisms are ...
... Dr Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his particular purposes , I must admit that his mannerisms are ...
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