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... delight , but twenty only with weariness . The rolling period , the stately epithet , the noun rich in poetic associations , the subordinate clauses that give the sentence weight and magnifi- cence , the grandeur like that of wave ...
... delight , but twenty only with weariness . The rolling period , the stately epithet , the noun rich in poetic associations , the subordinate clauses that give the sentence weight and magnifi- cence , the grandeur like that of wave ...
Page 187
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and miming out of which drama arose . That it exists unimpaired is shown by the vogue of the detec- tive novel . The most ...
... delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and miming out of which drama arose . That it exists unimpaired is shown by the vogue of the detec- tive novel . The most ...
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