The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... phrase or high- flown images . It is a civilized prose , natural , 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 ...
... phrase or high- flown images . It is a civilized prose , natural , 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 ...
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... phrase . He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact ... phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and ...
... phrase . He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact ... phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and ...
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... phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man ... phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If ...
... phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man ... phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If ...
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