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... argument , had to phrase the argument so vaguely that no one of these touchy gentle- men should ever need to reach for his sword . ( He had to do so , that is , if he was to keep in touch with the social reality at all . ) It has been ...
... argument , had to phrase the argument so vaguely that no one of these touchy gentle- men should ever need to reach for his sword . ( He had to do so , that is , if he was to keep in touch with the social reality at all . ) It has been ...
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... argument to us , either not to write at all , or to attempt some other way . The passage is justly famous . It is , on the one hand , a beautiful example of tact and tactics , the most graceful of compliments , the most engaging sort of ...
... argument to us , either not to write at all , or to attempt some other way . The passage is justly famous . It is , on the one hand , a beautiful example of tact and tactics , the most graceful of compliments , the most engaging sort of ...
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... arguing with his back to the wall or else in complete confidence about the rightness of his case , and using all the tricks of argument , candid or uncandid , to make his point . In his preface to The State of Innocence ( 1677 ) , for ...
... arguing with his back to the wall or else in complete confidence about the rightness of his case , and using all the tricks of argument , candid or uncandid , to make his point . In his preface to The State of Innocence ( 1677 ) , for ...
Contents
Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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