Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2Hurst and Blackett, 1858 - 407 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 54–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... called into existence that host of miserable imitators which afflicted the patrons of circulating libraries with monstrous stories , of which " the horrors and marvels were even more flat than the awkward diction in which they were ...
... called into existence that host of miserable imitators which afflicted the patrons of circulating libraries with monstrous stories , of which " the horrors and marvels were even more flat than the awkward diction in which they were ...
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... called " supernatural effects " in the construction of her roman- tic novels , she was original in her way of using them . Like Miss Reeve she felt that society would not endure the free and unfettered introduction of the materials of ...
... called " supernatural effects " in the construction of her roman- tic novels , she was original in her way of using them . Like Miss Reeve she felt that society would not endure the free and unfettered introduction of the materials of ...
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... called the obliviscor of London . " Sir , " said a pert young barrister pleading before him , " you have forgotten the law . " " Young man , " was the reply , " I have forgotten more law than you will ever remember . ” An equally good ...
... called the obliviscor of London . " Sir , " said a pert young barrister pleading before him , " you have forgotten the law . " " Young man , " was the reply , " I have forgotten more law than you will ever remember . ” An equally good ...
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... called in Marlborough Street on Mrs. Inchbald , who had just received £ 200 from Sheridan for a farce of only sixty pages ; she saw the lovely Siddons , handsome and charming as ever , suckling her little baby ; she found good Mrs ...
... called in Marlborough Street on Mrs. Inchbald , who had just received £ 200 from Sheridan for a farce of only sixty pages ; she saw the lovely Siddons , handsome and charming as ever , suckling her little baby ; she found good Mrs ...
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... called " The Maid of Corinth . " 1802 she gave the world a volume of poems , which the Edinburgh Review " spoke of with qualified praise , and which contained the lines so warmly commended by Sidney Smith in one of his " Lectures on ...
... called " The Maid of Corinth . " 1802 she gave the world a volume of poems , which the Edinburgh Review " spoke of with qualified praise , and which contained the lines so warmly commended by Sidney Smith in one of his " Lectures on ...
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Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 1 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
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