Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2Hurst and Blackett, 1858 |
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... never again gave the world a romance . It is asserted that she was displeased at having called into existence that host of miserable imitators which afflicted the patrons of circulating libraries with monstrous stories , of which " the ...
... never again gave the world a romance . It is asserted that she was displeased at having called into existence that host of miserable imitators which afflicted the patrons of circulating libraries with monstrous stories , of which " the ...
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... never before approached it . To increase his income , in order to meet the augmented expenditure of a married man , he devoted more of his time to portrait - painting , and especially to perfecting his likenesses of ladies . At the ...
... never before approached it . To increase his income , in order to meet the augmented expenditure of a married man , he devoted more of his time to portrait - painting , and especially to perfecting his likenesses of ladies . At the ...
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... never went again on the continent , but she was con- stantly quitting Norwich ( where she kept her head quarters from this time till her death ) for the sea - side and town . In London she was till the last petted as a curiosity . In ...
... never went again on the continent , but she was con- stantly quitting Norwich ( where she kept her head quarters from this time till her death ) for the sea - side and town . In London she was till the last petted as a curiosity . In ...
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... never acquired any acquaintance with the first of classic tongues . In 1830 , having need to take from an authority of reference the words doidos and Toiŋrýs , for his " Introduction to Popular Poetry , " he positively dared not trust ...
... never acquired any acquaintance with the first of classic tongues . In 1830 , having need to take from an authority of reference the words doidos and Toiŋrýs , for his " Introduction to Popular Poetry , " he positively dared not trust ...
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... never became an ascetic , he lived to say frequently and with impressive earnestness- " Depend upon it , of all vices drinking is the most incompatible with greatness . " In his manner of taking all his amusements there was discernible ...
... never became an ascetic , he lived to say frequently and with impressive earnestness- " Depend upon it , of all vices drinking is the most incompatible with greatness . " In his manner of taking all his amusements there was discernible ...
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