Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 5B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pagina's |
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... body had heard of some il- lustrious men who , twenty , thirty , or forty years ago , were , after a long and splendid career , borne with honour to the grave . Yet so it was . Frances Burney was at the height of fame and popularity ...
... body had heard of some il- lustrious men who , twenty , thirty , or forty years ago , were , after a long and splendid career , borne with honour to the grave . Yet so it was . Frances Burney was at the height of fame and popularity ...
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... body of in- telligent and well informed men . But Gray could see no merit in Rasselas ; and Johnson could see no merit in the Bard . Fielding thought Richardson a solemn prig ; and Richardson perpetually expressed contempt and disgust ...
... body of in- telligent and well informed men . But Gray could see no merit in Rasselas ; and Johnson could see no merit in the Bard . Fielding thought Richardson a solemn prig ; and Richardson perpetually expressed contempt and disgust ...
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... , we believe , held in high estimation . No body of partisans had been engaged to ap- plaud . The better class of readers expected little from a novel about a young lady's entrance into the world . 2 * MADAME D'ARBLAY . 19.
... , we believe , held in high estimation . No body of partisans had been engaged to ap- plaud . The better class of readers expected little from a novel about a young lady's entrance into the world . 2 * MADAME D'ARBLAY . 19.
Pagina 20
... body was asking for Evelina , and that some person had guessed Anstey to be the author . Then came a favour- able notice in the London Review ; then another still more favourable in the Monthly . And now the book found its way to tables ...
... body was asking for Evelina , and that some person had guessed Anstey to be the author . Then came a favour- able notice in the London Review ; then another still more favourable in the Monthly . And now the book found its way to tables ...
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... body . From the first day she espouses the cause of Hastings with a presumptuous vehemence and acrimony quite inconsistent with the modesty and suavity of her ordinary deportment . She shudders when Burke enters the Hall at the head of ...
... body . From the first day she espouses the cause of Hastings with a presumptuous vehemence and acrimony quite inconsistent with the modesty and suavity of her ordinary deportment . She shudders when Burke enters the Hall at the head of ...
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