The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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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 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 par- ticular 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 par- ticular purposes , I must admit that his mannerisms are ...
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... Dr Johnson remarked long ago that it is much more easy to form dialogues than to contrive adventures . Looking through the old notebooks in which from [ 110 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... Dr Johnson remarked long ago that it is much more easy to form dialogues than to contrive adventures . Looking through the old notebooks in which from [ 110 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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