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Page 97
... style , a quality Cohn deplorably lacks ; indeed , it might be said that the sense of style is the expression of the code . Style is what Brett Ashley superbly has . In part , it is a disdain of meanness and messiness . In part , of ...
... style , a quality Cohn deplorably lacks ; indeed , it might be said that the sense of style is the expression of the code . Style is what Brett Ashley superbly has . In part , it is a disdain of meanness and messiness . In part , of ...
Page 99
... style in which the novels are written . Whether one cares for the style is irrelevant . We are presented with words in spate , whole Niagaras of rhetoric . No one word is used if ten are possible . It is grossly repetitive , grossly ...
... style in which the novels are written . Whether one cares for the style is irrelevant . We are presented with words in spate , whole Niagaras of rhetoric . No one word is used if ten are possible . It is grossly repetitive , grossly ...
Page 216
... style accurately matches the novelty of the scene as Green saw it . Bare , repetitive , harsh , angular , sometimes deliberately clumsy , it is an admirable expression for the blackness and din of the foundry , at the same time as it is ...
... style accurately matches the novelty of the scene as Green saw it . Bare , repetitive , harsh , angular , sometimes deliberately clumsy , it is an admirable expression for the blackness and din of the foundry , at the same time as it is ...
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