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... prose - must first teach his ear to be sensitive . There are elaborate treatises on English prose rhythm , but one cannot go to them for much practical advice . All that is possible in a short space is to make several very broad ...
... prose - must first teach his ear to be sensitive . There are elaborate treatises on English prose rhythm , but one cannot go to them for much practical advice . All that is possible in a short space is to make several very broad ...
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... prose . That , indeed , is one of the principal glories of the King James Bible : Behold , the day of the Lord cometh , cruel both with wrath and fierce anger , to lay the land desolate ; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of ...
... prose . That , indeed , is one of the principal glories of the King James Bible : Behold , the day of the Lord cometh , cruel both with wrath and fierce anger , to lay the land desolate ; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of ...
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... prose rhythm in , 238- 240 allusions , importance of , 153-156 ; mytho- logical , 156-157 ; literary , 157-159 ; historical , 159-160 analogy , and metaphor , 131-132 ; false , 305-307 anticlimax , 163 , 230-232 assumptions ...
... prose rhythm in , 238- 240 allusions , importance of , 153-156 ; mytho- logical , 156-157 ; literary , 157-159 ; historical , 159-160 analogy , and metaphor , 131-132 ; false , 305-307 anticlimax , 163 , 230-232 assumptions ...
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