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... writing career is easy enough to perceive . Nearly all his notable work is crammed into one decade of his middle ... Writing , carefully explains the eighteenth century's very wide understanding of what constituted acceptable literary ...
... writing career is easy enough to perceive . Nearly all his notable work is crammed into one decade of his middle ... Writing , carefully explains the eighteenth century's very wide understanding of what constituted acceptable literary ...
Page 67
... writers . The largest and most obvious category is that of the critical essays . Bate counts thirty - one essays of literary criticism , and notes that ' perhaps another five could be added on general problems of writing'11 Clearly ...
... writers . The largest and most obvious category is that of the critical essays . Bate counts thirty - one essays of literary criticism , and notes that ' perhaps another five could be added on general problems of writing'11 Clearly ...
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... writer is the envy which ability provokes . It will be recalled that Rambler no . 2 described how he that endeavours after fame by writing ... appeals to judges prepossessed by pas- sions , or corrupted by prejudices ' . It is a point ...
... writer is the envy which ability provokes . It will be recalled that Rambler no . 2 described how he that endeavours after fame by writing ... appeals to judges prepossessed by pas- sions , or corrupted by prejudices ' . It is a point ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
Copyright | |
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