On The Art of Reading
On The Art of Reading

On The Art of Reading

On The Art of ReadingThe following twelve lectures have this much in common with a previous twelve...
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Author: Quiller-Couch, Arthur,1863-1944
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Language: English
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On The Art of Reading

On The Art of Reading

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On The Art of Reading

On The Art of Reading

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Author: Quiller-Couch, Arthur,1863-1944
Format: eBook
Language: English
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On The Art of Reading

The following twelve lectures have this much in common with a previous twelve published in 1916 under the title "On the Art of Writing"they form no compact treatise but present their central idea as I was compelled at the time to enforce it, amid the dust of skirmishing with opponents and with practical difficulties. They coverand to some extent, by reflection, chroniclea period during which a few friends, who had an idea and believed in it, were fighting to establish the present English Tripos at Cambridge. In the end we carried our proposals without a vote: but the opposition was stiff for a while; and I feared, on starting to read over these pages for press, that they might be too occasional and disputatious. I am happy to think that, on the whole, they are not; and that the reader, though he may wonder at its discursiveness, will find the argument pretty free from polemic. Any one who has inherited a library of 17th century theology will agree with me that, of all dust, the ashes of dead controversies afford the driest. And after all, and though it be well worth while to strive that the study of English (of our own literature, and of the art of using our own language, in speech or in writing, to the best purpose) shall take an honourable place among the Schools of a great University, that the other fair sisters of learning shall ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 16579
Author: Quiller-Couch, Arthur
Release Date: Aug 22, 2005
Format: eBook
Language: English

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