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... doubtless be unwilling to subscribe to the belief that letters are controlled by laws . Mrs. Oliphant , a writer who deserves and receives the respect of all her many readers , affirms , in her admira- ble " Literary History of England ...
... doubtless be unwilling to subscribe to the belief that letters are controlled by laws . Mrs. Oliphant , a writer who deserves and receives the respect of all her many readers , affirms , in her admira- ble " Literary History of England ...
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... doubtless copied Balzac , the famous letter - writer who had really noth- ing to say , and so devoted himself to saying that very well . What produced the change in writing English prose we may take to have been , as Mr. Saintsbury has ...
... doubtless copied Balzac , the famous letter - writer who had really noth- ing to say , and so devoted himself to saying that very well . What produced the change in writing English prose we may take to have been , as Mr. Saintsbury has ...
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... doubtless , from the French writers whom he knew and the Italian writers whom he translated . It was employed by numberless later writers , and generally , among the metaphysical school at least , it had become very rough and graceless ...
... doubtless , from the French writers whom he knew and the Italian writers whom he translated . It was employed by numberless later writers , and generally , among the metaphysical school at least , it had become very rough and graceless ...
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... doubtless widely read ; probably Milton's " Para- dise Lost " was read by the same people , but this new literature was far removed from the populace . There was but little literary interest . Books could not be printed without a ...
... doubtless widely read ; probably Milton's " Para- dise Lost " was read by the same people , but this new literature was far removed from the populace . There was but little literary interest . Books could not be printed without a ...
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... first English blank verse , doubtless written in imitation of that of the Italians , Felice Felignei , and Trissino , whose " Italia Liberata " ( vide infra ) appeared in 1548 . one , but the whole number of books published then.
... first English blank verse , doubtless written in imitation of that of the Italians , Felice Felignei , and Trissino , whose " Italia Liberata " ( vide infra ) appeared in 1548 . one , but the whole number of books published then.
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