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In 1597 he printed a little volume of ten short essays , five of which were no more than expanded notes for his projected ... The word essay is akin to assay , the process of ascertaining what metals are in an ore or other conglomerate ...
In 1597 he printed a little volume of ten short essays , five of which were no more than expanded notes for his projected ... The word essay is akin to assay , the process of ascertaining what metals are in an ore or other conglomerate ...
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Delightful as the periodical essays still are , we miss half the fun of them . ... As the coffee - house phase passed , the Spectator type of essay gradually lost its spontaneity and degenerated into a mere literary exercise .
Delightful as the periodical essays still are , we miss half the fun of them . ... As the coffee - house phase passed , the Spectator type of essay gradually lost its spontaneity and degenerated into a mere literary exercise .
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His “ Essay on William Gifford " 1 in The Spirit of the Age is as fine a piece of energetic hating as we shall come upon in many a day . Not elsewhere in English prose , surely , can there be a more diabolical piece of impertinence ...
His “ Essay on William Gifford " 1 in The Spirit of the Age is as fine a piece of energetic hating as we shall come upon in many a day . Not elsewhere in English prose , surely , can there be a more diabolical piece of impertinence ...
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CHAUCER AND His TIMES | 27 |
ENGLISH DRAMA FROM THE MIRACLE PLAYS TO | 45 |
CLOSING OF THE THEATERS | 53 |
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