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... passages cited from Blair . In general Sir A. Alison's sentences , though ill - constructed , afford a sufficient glimpse of his meaning ; but when he begins to moralize and draw parallels , the obscurity of his style becomes altogether ...
... passages cited from Blair . In general Sir A. Alison's sentences , though ill - constructed , afford a sufficient glimpse of his meaning ; but when he begins to moralize and draw parallels , the obscurity of his style becomes altogether ...
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... passage : - " You must make haste and gather me all you can , and do it quickly , or I will and shall do without it . " — JOHNSON . Letter to Boswell , 1774 . This is a curious anti - climax . The Doctor meant to lay a particular stress ...
... passage : - " You must make haste and gather me all you can , and do it quickly , or I will and shall do without it . " — JOHNSON . Letter to Boswell , 1774 . This is a curious anti - climax . The Doctor meant to lay a particular stress ...
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... passages of greater power . " - SYDNEY SMITH . Essays . Sir A. Alison has a passage in which the imper- fect tense of the indicative is used instead of the subjunctive : - " If that system were rigorously carried into execution— if a ...
... passages of greater power . " - SYDNEY SMITH . Essays . Sir A. Alison has a passage in which the imper- fect tense of the indicative is used instead of the subjunctive : - " If that system were rigorously carried into execution— if a ...
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... passages of his own writing . " - Ibid . " It is indeed ludicrous looking back through the vista of forty years . " - Ibid . " It were worth while contrasting its estimate of Maho- metanism with that of Carlyle . " — Ibid . " It was ...
... passages of his own writing . " - Ibid . " It is indeed ludicrous looking back through the vista of forty years . " - Ibid . " It were worth while contrasting its estimate of Maho- metanism with that of Carlyle . " — Ibid . " It was ...
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... passage the contradiction and absurdity are quite amusing . Hunt tells us there is but one way of knowing good poets from bad , and that that one way is two ways ! He then informs us that this only and twofold way is no way at all . To ...
... passage the contradiction and absurdity are quite amusing . Hunt tells us there is but one way of knowing good poets from bad , and that that one way is two ways ! He then informs us that this only and twofold way is no way at all . To ...
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