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... turn my attention to the writers of the Augustan Period . The prose of Swift enchanted me . I made up my mind that ... turns. 18 THE SUMMING UP.
... turn my attention to the writers of the Augustan Period . The prose of Swift enchanted me . I made up my mind that ... turns. 18 THE SUMMING UP.
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... turn up our noses because it smells of blood and sweat . We can- not , however willingly we would , escape the influence of this workaday prose . But the journalism of a period has very much the same style ; it might all have been ...
... turn up our noses because it smells of blood and sweat . We can- not , however willingly we would , escape the influence of this workaday prose . But the journalism of a period has very much the same style ; it might all have been ...
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... turn away with distaste from violent action or exuberance . His humour , often so painful , is the exasperated reaction of a man whose shuddering sensibilities have been rubbed the wrong way . He saw life in a monotone . His people are ...
... turn away with distaste from violent action or exuberance . His humour , often so painful , is the exasperated reaction of a man whose shuddering sensibilities have been rubbed the wrong way . He saw life in a monotone . His people are ...
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