Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 126
... French rhetoric and poetry . He wrote prose and verse as indefatigably as if he had been a starving hack of Cave or ... French original in his hand ; but was forced to own that , even with such help , he could not under- stand the ...
... French rhetoric and poetry . He wrote prose and verse as indefatigably as if he had been a starving hack of Cave or ... French original in his hand ; but was forced to own that , even with such help , he could not under- stand the ...
Page 175
... French , who wrote only French , who aspired to rank as a French classic , became , quite unconsciously , the means of liberating half the Continent from the dominion of that French criticism of which he was himself , to the end of his ...
... French , who wrote only French , who aspired to rank as a French classic , became , quite unconsciously , the means of liberating half the Continent from the dominion of that French criticism of which he was himself , to the end of his ...
Page 467
... French , and nothing but French , during more than half a century , after unlearning his mother tongue in order to learn French , after living familiarly during many years with French associates , could not , to the last , compose in ...
... French , and nothing but French , during more than half a century , after unlearning his mother tongue in order to learn French , after living familiarly during many years with French associates , could not , to the last , compose in ...
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