A Literary History of EnglandLongmans, Green and Company, 1929 - 392 pagina's |
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Pagina 204
... success . He was large , ungainly , and short - sighted ; and he was afflicted by a strange nervous ailment , almost a disease , which made him melancholy when alone and eccentric in company . Before he had won any appreciable success ...
... success . He was large , ungainly , and short - sighted ; and he was afflicted by a strange nervous ailment , almost a disease , which made him melancholy when alone and eccentric in company . Before he had won any appreciable success ...
Pagina 246
... success of Fielding and Smollett gave the novel popularity , but not all the critical chapters of Tom Jones could educate the public in the principles of good novel - writing . Many readers wanted nothing better than to be melted into ...
... success of Fielding and Smollett gave the novel popularity , but not all the critical chapters of Tom Jones could educate the public in the principles of good novel - writing . Many readers wanted nothing better than to be melted into ...
Pagina 369
... success . He is one of the closest observers of manners and loves to watch the varying shadows which the changing years cast on the surface of life . His chosen region is that in which he was born and bred - the upper - middle class ...
... success . He is one of the closest observers of manners and loves to watch the varying shadows which the changing years cast on the surface of life . His chosen region is that in which he was born and bred - the upper - middle class ...
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