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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... turn my attention to the writers of the Augustan Period . The prose of Swift enchanted me . I made up my mind that ... turns of phrase or high- flown images . It is a civilized prose , natural , discreet and pointed . There is no attempt ...
... turn my attention to the writers of the Augustan Period . The prose of Swift enchanted me . I made up my mind that ... turns of phrase or high- flown images . It is a civilized prose , natural , discreet and pointed . There is no attempt ...
Page 45
... turn up our noses because it smells of blood and sweat . We cannot , 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 written ...
... turn up our noses because it smells of blood and sweat . We cannot , 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 written ...
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... turn , he was incapable of unkindness . He had a real appreciation of literature . During the long walks we took together over the hills of Heidelberg he talked to me of books . He talked to me of Italy and Greece , neither of which in ...
... turn , he was incapable of unkindness . He had a real appreciation of literature . During the long walks we took together over the hills of Heidelberg he talked to me of books . He talked to me of Italy and Greece , neither of which in ...
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