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... Walter Pater with enthusiasm . My common sense suggested to me that it was anæmic stuff ; behind those elaborate , gracious periods I was conscious of a tired , wan personality . I was young , lusty and energetic ; I wanted fresh air ...
... Walter Pater with enthusiasm . My common sense suggested to me that it was anæmic stuff ; behind those elaborate , gracious periods I was conscious of a tired , wan personality . I was young , lusty and energetic ; I wanted fresh air ...
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... Walter Pater . It is obvious that the grand style is more striking than the plain . Indeed many people think that a style that does not attract notice is not style . They will admire Walter Pater's , but will read an essay by Matthew ...
... Walter Pater . It is obvious that the grand style is more striking than the plain . Indeed many people think that a style that does not attract notice is not style . They will admire Walter Pater's , but will read an essay by Matthew ...
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... Walter Pater whom I read at the same time and with a similar excitement . No pleasant associations give him for me a ... Pater's attitude towards the life about him , cloistered , faintly supercilious , gen- telmanly , donnish in ...
... Walter Pater whom I read at the same time and with a similar excitement . No pleasant associations give him for me a ... Pater's attitude towards the life about him , cloistered , faintly supercilious , gen- telmanly , donnish in ...
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