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His style is not a classic style , in that it is not the elevation of a common style , by the final touch of genius , to greatness . It is , from the foundation , and in every particular , a personal style , not based upon common speech ...
His style is not a classic style , in that it is not the elevation of a common style , by the final touch of genius , to greatness . It is , from the foundation , and in every particular , a personal style , not based upon common speech ...
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He would probably have made the style more periodic , and would certainly have regularised those sudden changes of tense that abound in the diary as we now have it . Such changes would certainly not have been improvements .
He would probably have made the style more periodic , and would certainly have regularised those sudden changes of tense that abound in the diary as we now have it . Such changes would certainly not have been improvements .
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There is a recognizable similarity between the style of travel books and that of Smollett . Defoe and Swift reflect the voyagers in their use of simple , almost colloquial vocabulary and a plain , direct narrative style , adorned or ...
There is a recognizable similarity between the style of travel books and that of Smollett . Defoe and Swift reflect the voyagers in their use of simple , almost colloquial vocabulary and a plain , direct narrative style , adorned or ...
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David Garrick 17171779 | 80 |
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