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Let me give two more , the words ' insipid ' and ' astringency ' . For ' insipid ' as an adjective , the OED gives three senses , as follows ( 1 ) ' Without taste , tasteless ' , of which it gives six examples , ranging between 1620 and ...
Let me give two more , the words ' insipid ' and ' astringency ' . For ' insipid ' as an adjective , the OED gives three senses , as follows ( 1 ) ' Without taste , tasteless ' , of which it gives six examples , ranging between 1620 and ...
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ll his Rise of the Novel , gives evidence of this , and speculates plausibly about the causes of it . ... persons in my own lifetime say , ' Oh , you give me the hyp ' , where we should say , ' You give me a pain in the neck .
ll his Rise of the Novel , gives evidence of this , and speculates plausibly about the causes of it . ... persons in my own lifetime say , ' Oh , you give me the hyp ' , where we should say , ' You give me a pain in the neck .
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had made it very plain that in his view the Dialogue could give only an idealized image of the common pursuit of truth , since in actuality candour and civility were so wholly lacking in the society of his and Berkeley's time .
had made it very plain that in his view the Dialogue could give only an idealized image of the common pursuit of truth , since in actuality candour and civility were so wholly lacking in the society of his and Berkeley's time .
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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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| Title | Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American Literature G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Donald Davie |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0856359793, 9780856359798 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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