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Page 29
... possible words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is like a ...
... possible words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is like a ...
Page 113
... possible , and if for theatrical effectiveness he does not introduce his principal characters till later , the conversation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain concentrates the attention of the audience on them so ...
... possible , and if for theatrical effectiveness he does not introduce his principal characters till later , the conversation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain concentrates the attention of the audience on them so ...
Page 176
... possible without conscious effort to pigeon - hole each one in my awareness . Few of them had culture . They had learnt life in a different school from mine and had come to different conclusions . They led it on a different plane ; I ...
... possible without conscious effort to pigeon - hole each one in my awareness . Few of them had culture . They had learnt life in a different school from mine and had come to different conclusions . They led it on a different plane ; I ...
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