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... prose , nat- ural , discreet and pointed . There is no attempt to surprise by an extravagant vocabulary . It looks ... prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is like a French canal ...
... prose , nat- ural , discreet and pointed . There is no attempt to surprise by an extravagant vocabulary . It looks ... prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is like a French canal ...
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... prose which is described as the purple patch ; it would not have been necessary to do so unless it were characteristic . English prose is elabo- rate rather than simple . It was not always so . Nothing could be more racy ...
... prose which is described as the purple patch ; it would not have been necessary to do so unless it were characteristic . English prose is elabo- rate rather than simple . It was not always so . Nothing could be more racy ...
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... prose is an affair of good manners . It is , unlike verse , a civil art . Poetry is baroque . Baroque is tragic , massive and mystical . It is elemental . It demands depth and insight . I cannot but feel that the prose writ- ers of the ...
... prose is an affair of good manners . It is , unlike verse , a civil art . Poetry is baroque . Baroque is tragic , massive and mystical . It is elemental . It demands depth and insight . I cannot but feel that the prose writ- ers of the ...
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