Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 pages |
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Page 10
... style of the Prize Essays of Oxford and Cam- bridge . There is no elaborate imitation of classical antiquity , no scrupulous purity , none of the ceremonial cleanness which characterizes the diction of our academical Pharisees . He does ...
... style of the Prize Essays of Oxford and Cam- bridge . There is no elaborate imitation of classical antiquity , no scrupulous purity , none of the ceremonial cleanness which characterizes the diction of our academical Pharisees . He does ...
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... styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a wine- taster , Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched costly , sickly imitation of that which elsewhere may be found in healthful and spontaneous perfection . The ...
... styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a wine- taster , Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched costly , sickly imitation of that which elsewhere may be found in healthful and spontaneous perfection . The ...
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... style which no rival has been able to equal , and no parodist to degrade , which displays in their highest perfection the idiomatic powers of the English tongue , and to which every ancient and every modern language has contributed ...
... style which no rival has been able to equal , and no parodist to degrade , which displays in their highest perfection the idiomatic powers of the English tongue , and to which every ancient and every modern language has contributed ...
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... style . And that style , we think , is clearly discernible in the works of Pindar and Eschylus . The latter often reminds us of the Hebrew writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance ...
... style . And that style , we think , is clearly discernible in the works of Pindar and Eschylus . The latter often reminds us of the Hebrew writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance ...
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... style , the graceful and pathetic solemnity of the opening speech , or the wild and barbaric melody which gives so ... style , sometimes even to a bald style ; but false brilliancy was his utter aversion . His muse had no MILTON . 21.
... style , the graceful and pathetic solemnity of the opening speech , or the wild and barbaric melody which gives so ... style , sometimes even to a bald style ; but false brilliancy was his utter aversion . His muse had no MILTON . 21.
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