Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2Hurst and Blackett, 1858 |
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Արդյունքներ 78–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... genius fawns slavishly on fashion , circles into which a paltry vanity too often allures the best authors , Mrs. Radcliffe was utterly unknown to the thousands of English who , in London and in the country , were burning to learn ...
... genius fawns slavishly on fashion , circles into which a paltry vanity too often allures the best authors , Mrs. Radcliffe was utterly unknown to the thousands of English who , in London and in the country , were burning to learn ...
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... genius , consisted in her scientific and powerful treatment of a class of virtues most difficult to handle - not most beneficial in themselves . Any how she performed her task in such a style , that she struck home to the hearts of all ...
... genius , consisted in her scientific and powerful treatment of a class of virtues most difficult to handle - not most beneficial in themselves . Any how she performed her task in such a style , that she struck home to the hearts of all ...
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... genius . It was in consequence of the deep impression made on him by the simple pathos and truth of her delineations of Irish character , that he determined to do the like for his own Scotland . In the composition of Waverley , " she ...
... genius . It was in consequence of the deep impression made on him by the simple pathos and truth of her delineations of Irish character , that he determined to do the like for his own Scotland . In the composition of Waverley , " she ...
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... genius has raised him from obscurity into fame and comparative affluence ; but indeed my mind is on the pin- nacle of its health when I thus feel ; and on a pinnacle one can't remain long . " At length she came to the wise deter ...
... genius has raised him from obscurity into fame and comparative affluence ; but indeed my mind is on the pin- nacle of its health when I thus feel ; and on a pinnacle one can't remain long . " At length she came to the wise deter ...
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... genius must feel pain at naming . The influence they subjected him to was flattery . In his presence as well as out of it they spoke of him as " their illustrious friend ; " at all times they were ready to acknow- ledge that he had made ...
... genius must feel pain at naming . The influence they subjected him to was flattery . In his presence as well as out of it they spoke of him as " their illustrious friend ; " at all times they were ready to acknow- ledge that he had made ...
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Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
Novels and Novelists, from Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
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