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Page 27
... French he turned it into an instrument that was fit not only for solemn themes but also to express the light thought of the passing moment . He was the first of the rococo artists . If Swift reminds you of a French canal Dryden recalls ...
... French he turned it into an instrument that was fit not only for solemn themes but also to express the light thought of the passing moment . He was the first of the rococo artists . If Swift reminds you of a French canal Dryden recalls ...
Page 40
... French and English is that in French you can be grammatical with complete natural- ness , but in English not invariably . It is a difficulty in writing English that the sound of the living voice dominates the look of the printed word ...
... French and English is that in French you can be grammatical with complete natural- ness , but in English not invariably . It is a difficulty in writing English that the sound of the living voice dominates the look of the printed word ...
Page 100
... French . For French is the common language of educated men , and it is certainly convenient to speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the ...
... French . For French is the common language of educated men , and it is certainly convenient to speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the ...
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accept achieve action actors admire æsthetic amusing artist asked audience beauty believe Bertrand Russell better character Chekov comedy common conscious course critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist effect emotion English evil excited existence experience eyes fact feeling fiction forced French gave George Meredith Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination important instinct interest invention knew knowledge Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind never notion novel novelist one's pattern perfect perhaps philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason rococo seemed sense sort soul speak spirit Stendhal story success suppose talent tell theatre things thought tion told truth Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth