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It is a civilized prose , nat- ural , discreet and pointed . There is no attempt to surprise by an extravagant vocabulary . It looks as though Swift made do with the first word that came to hand , but since he had an acute and logical ...
It is a civilized prose , nat- ural , discreet and pointed . There is no attempt to surprise by an extravagant vocabulary . It looks as though Swift made do with the first word that came to hand , but since he had an acute and logical ...
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In the last chapter of Hydriotaphia the matter , which is the destiny of man , wonderfully fits the baroque splen- dour of the language , and here the Norwich doctor pro- duced a piece of prose that has never been surpassed in our ...
In the last chapter of Hydriotaphia the matter , which is the destiny of man , wonderfully fits the baroque splen- dour of the language , and here the Norwich doctor pro- duced a piece of prose that has never been surpassed in our ...
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fused way , if his temper is capricious his prose will be fantastical , and if he has a quick , darting intelligence that is reminded by the matter in hand of a hundred things he will , unless he has great self - control , load his ...
fused way , if his temper is capricious his prose will be fantastical , and if he has a quick , darting intelligence that is reminded by the matter in hand of a hundred things he will , unless he has great self - control , load his ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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