Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 5B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... habit of playing with the children of a wigmaker who lived in the adjoining house . Yet few nobles could assemble in the most stately mansions of Grosvenor Square or Saint James's Square , a society so various and so brilliant as was ...
... habit of playing with the children of a wigmaker who lived in the adjoining house . Yet few nobles could assemble in the most stately mansions of Grosvenor Square or Saint James's Square , a society so various and so brilliant as was ...
Pagina 10
... habit of seeing and hearing , that she began to write little fictitious narratives as soon as she could use her pen with ease , which , as we have said , was not very early . Her sisters were amused by her stories : but Dr. Burney knew ...
... habit of seeing and hearing , that she began to write little fictitious narratives as soon as she could use her pen with ease , which , as we have said , was not very early . Her sisters were amused by her stories : but Dr. Burney knew ...
Pagina 28
... habit of ex- ploring the booths of Moorfields and Holywell Street in person could not suppress an exclamation of surprise . the Queen , " I don't pick them up myself . " Why , " said But I have a servant very clever ; and , if they are ...
... habit of ex- ploring the booths of Moorfields and Holywell Street in person could not suppress an exclamation of surprise . the Queen , " I don't pick them up myself . " Why , " said But I have a servant very clever ; and , if they are ...
Pagina 30
... habit of mixing on terms of equal friendship , she was to have for her perpetual companion the chief keeper of the robes , an old hag from Germany , of mean understanding , of insolent manners , and of temper which , naturally savage ...
... habit of mixing on terms of equal friendship , she was to have for her perpetual companion the chief keeper of the robes , an old hag from Germany , of mean understanding , of insolent manners , and of temper which , naturally savage ...
Pagina 60
... habit . She could cease to be Fanny Burney ; it was not so easy to become Samuel Johnson . In Cecilia the change of manner began to appear . But in Cecilia the imitation of Johnson , though not always in the best state , is sometimes ...
... habit . She could cease to be Fanny Burney ; it was not so easy to become Samuel Johnson . In Cecilia the change of manner began to appear . But in Cecilia the imitation of Johnson , though not always in the best state , is sometimes ...
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