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Cool, spare, classical in form and warm.
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Eric Partridge
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 1400
- Publisher
- Routledge and Kegan Paul, The Macmillan company, Macmillian
- Editions
- 31
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780710077615
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