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Swift's prose is like a French canal , bordered a with poplars , that runs through a gracious and undulating country . Its tranquil charm fills you with satisfaction , but it neither excites the emotions nor stimulates the imagination .
Swift's prose is like a French canal , bordered a with poplars , that runs through a gracious and undulating country . Its tranquil charm fills you with satisfaction , but it neither excites the emotions nor stimulates the imagination .
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No critic has praised Dryden's prose more aptly . He said of him that he appeared to have no art other than that of expressing with clearness what he thought with vigour . And one of his Lives he finished with the words : “ Whoever ...
No critic has praised Dryden's prose more aptly . He said of him that he appeared to have no art other than that of expressing with clearness what he thought with vigour . And one of his Lives he finished with the words : “ Whoever ...
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It is not an accident that the best prose was written when rococo with its elegance and moderation , at its birth attained its greatest excellence . For rococo was evolved when baroque had become declamatory and the world , tired of the ...
It is not an accident that the best prose was written when rococo with its elegance and moderation , at its birth attained its greatest excellence . For rococo was evolved when baroque had become declamatory and the world , tired of the ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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