Occasional Addresses, 1893-1916Macmillan, 1918 - 194 pages |
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Page 15
... Whatever may be the work or the author that for the time being occupies his pen , he never ceases to be self- conscious ; he rarely fails to remind the reader of his own experiences , tastes , eruditions , accom- I 15 CRITICISM.
... Whatever may be the work or the author that for the time being occupies his pen , he never ceases to be self- conscious ; he rarely fails to remind the reader of his own experiences , tastes , eruditions , accom- I 15 CRITICISM.
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Herbert Henry Asquith. of his own experiences , tastes , eruditions , accom- plishments ; and , whether he praises or blames , admires or disparages , you never feel that he has lost himself in his subject , but always that he wishes to ...
Herbert Henry Asquith. of his own experiences , tastes , eruditions , accom- plishments ; and , whether he praises or blames , admires or disparages , you never feel that he has lost himself in his subject , but always that he wishes to ...
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... experience of the writer , as in Consuelo , or David Copperfield , or Villette . Sometimes , without losing the note of egotism , they are frankly objective and mundane , as in 1 * 8 1 the case of Benvenuto Cellini , and to a large п 35 ...
... experience of the writer , as in Consuelo , or David Copperfield , or Villette . Sometimes , without losing the note of egotism , they are frankly objective and mundane , as in 1 * 8 1 the case of Benvenuto Cellini , and to a large п 35 ...
Page 37
... experiences , from the day when he records how , at the age of eighteen , he left his home at Plymouth for London , full of buoyant self - confidence , down to the last pathetic entry , when , in front of his easel , and amid the wreck ...
... experiences , from the day when he records how , at the age of eighteen , he left his home at Plymouth for London , full of buoyant self - confidence , down to the last pathetic entry , when , in front of his easel , and amid the wreck ...
Page 40
... course of his life a long series of unsatisfactory visits . This is his first experience . He says : " When you deal with a rascal , turn him to the light . I got him to the 66 light . His eyes shrank , his face was 40 II BIOGRAPHY.
... course of his life a long series of unsatisfactory visits . This is his first experience . He says : " When you deal with a rascal , turn him to the light . I got him to the 66 light . His eyes shrank , his face was 40 II BIOGRAPHY.
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