Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 5B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pagina's |
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... formed . Indeed , when her best novels were produced , her knowledge of books was very small . When at the height of her fame , she was unacquainted with the most celebrated works of Voltaire and Molière ; and , what seems still more ...
... formed . Indeed , when her best novels were produced , her knowledge of books was very small . When at the height of her fame , she was unacquainted with the most celebrated works of Voltaire and Molière ; and , what seems still more ...
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... formed . " I picked the book up on a stall , " said the Queen . " Oh , it is amazing what good books there are on stalls ! " Mrs. Delany , who seems to have understood from these words that her Majesty was in the habit of ex- ploring ...
... formed . " I picked the book up on a stall , " said the Queen . " Oh , it is amazing what good books there are on stalls ! " Mrs. Delany , who seems to have understood from these words that her Majesty was in the habit of ex- ploring ...
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... formed the royal procession , of walking after the Queen all day through refectories and chapels , and of standing , half dead with fatigue and hunger , while her august mistress was seated at an excellent cold collation . At Magdalene ...
... formed the royal procession , of walking after the Queen all day through refectories and chapels , and of standing , half dead with fatigue and hunger , while her august mistress was seated at an excellent cold collation . At Magdalene ...
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... formed , of a gown : and for this promise Miss Burney was expected to return thanks , such as might have suited the beggar with whom Saint Martin , in the legend , divided his cloak . The experience of four years was , however , insuf ...
... formed , of a gown : and for this promise Miss Burney was expected to return thanks , such as might have suited the beggar with whom Saint Martin , in the legend , divided his cloak . The experience of four years was , however , insuf ...
Pagina 59
... formed this judgment , less from those ambitious scenes of distress which lie near the catastrophe of each of those novels , than from some exquisite strokes of natural tenderness which take us here and there by surprise . We would ...
... formed this judgment , less from those ambitious scenes of distress which lie near the catastrophe of each of those novels , than from some exquisite strokes of natural tenderness which take us here and there by surprise . We would ...
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