Studies In Three Literatures1962 |
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... living conversation . It is only by the unconscious practice of daily and hourly use that the ear and the mind learn gradually the precise value of words , which are appropriate and which inadvisable in which contexts . Such a delicate ...
... living conversation . It is only by the unconscious practice of daily and hourly use that the ear and the mind learn gradually the precise value of words , which are appropriate and which inadvisable in which contexts . Such a delicate ...
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... living voice . He can ensure his own — and , if he is competent , the right - interpretation of the poem . The man who writes a poem to be read has to rely upon the interpretation of the reader , which may be to any degree faulty . The ...
... living voice . He can ensure his own — and , if he is competent , the right - interpretation of the poem . The man who writes a poem to be read has to rely upon the interpretation of the reader , which may be to any degree faulty . The ...
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... living or dead , decorously off the stage . The same thing , you observe , happens in comedy , which is also apt to end with a procession , though 1 Stevenson , ' An Apology for Idlers ' , And cf. Hardy ' In Time of the " Breaking of ...
... living or dead , decorously off the stage . The same thing , you observe , happens in comedy , which is also apt to end with a procession , though 1 Stevenson , ' An Apology for Idlers ' , And cf. Hardy ' In Time of the " Breaking of ...
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