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... Lytton Strachey writes , " Johnson's esthetic judgments are almost invariably subtle , or solid , or bold ; they have always some good quality to recommend them - except one : they are never right . ” In this sentence , Strachey ...
... Lytton Strachey writes , " Johnson's esthetic judgments are almost invariably subtle , or solid , or bold ; they have always some good quality to recommend them - except one : they are never right . ” In this sentence , Strachey ...
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... Lytton ( " Owen Meredith " ) , " Love and Sleep . " ( 2 ) Sir Walter Raleigh , Shakespeare ( 1907 ) , p . 86. ( 3 ) ... Strachey , " Traps and Peace Traps , " War and Peace , June 1918 ; quoted in C. R. Sanders , Lytton Strachey ( 1957 ) ...
... Lytton ( " Owen Meredith " ) , " Love and Sleep . " ( 2 ) Sir Walter Raleigh , Shakespeare ( 1907 ) , p . 86. ( 3 ) ... Strachey , " Traps and Peace Traps , " War and Peace , June 1918 ; quoted in C. R. Sanders , Lytton Strachey ( 1957 ) ...
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... Lytton Strachey , Books and Char- . " : Byron , Don Juan , canto I , stanza " They looked up to the sky . " : ibid . , canto II , stanzas 185-186 . " The galvanic cycle . . . " : De Quincey , The English Mail - Coach , Sec- tion the ...
... Lytton Strachey , Books and Char- . " : Byron , Don Juan , canto I , stanza " They looked up to the sky . " : ibid . , canto II , stanzas 185-186 . " The galvanic cycle . . . " : De Quincey , The English Mail - Coach , Sec- tion the ...
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Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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