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... perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naïve delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to ...
... perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naïve delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to ...
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... perhaps for the first timé in centuries the cultivated classes could sit back and enjoy their leisure . It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well - bred man . Conversation is only possible when men's ...
... perhaps for the first timé in centuries the cultivated classes could sit back and enjoy their leisure . It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well - bred man . Conversation is only possible when men's ...
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... perhaps it is not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched at this new notion as though it was the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag the old devil himself back into existence . There has been ...
... perhaps it is not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched at this new notion as though it was the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag the old devil himself back into existence . There has been ...
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