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... never perhaps stated more eloquently than by a brilliant English scholar whose loss we still feel I mean the late Sir Walter Raleigh , who in his Essay on Style , main- tained a paradox perennially true - that it is impossible to ...
... never perhaps stated more eloquently than by a brilliant English scholar whose loss we still feel I mean the late Sir Walter Raleigh , who in his Essay on Style , main- tained a paradox perennially true - that it is impossible to ...
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... never claimed to be an expert in any of the subjects he dealt with . To overrate one particular branch of research , or depreciate others , was alien to his nature . He insisted on the sounder principle of viewing Indian history , life ...
... never claimed to be an expert in any of the subjects he dealt with . To overrate one particular branch of research , or depreciate others , was alien to his nature . He insisted on the sounder principle of viewing Indian history , life ...
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... never dictated or used a typewriter . His style has a singular ease and beauty and its lucidity could not be surpassed . A distinguished colleague once publicly described it as ' the envy and despair of most other people who attempted ...
... never dictated or used a typewriter . His style has a singular ease and beauty and its lucidity could not be surpassed . A distinguished colleague once publicly described it as ' the envy and despair of most other people who attempted ...
Contents
VERGILS CREATIVE ART Annual Lecture on Aspects of Art | 14 |
VIRGIL IN ITALIAN POETRY Annual Italian Lecture By Edmund | 28 |
CARDINAL POLES MANUSCRIPTS By E Lobel Communicated | 97 |
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