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Page 118
... acceptance of the world in which he lived , is very much akin to Chaucer's . He has an ease , he conveys a feeling of being at home , in his world , the whole of his world , that is rare in English fiction . He accepted and rendered ...
... acceptance of the world in which he lived , is very much akin to Chaucer's . He has an ease , he conveys a feeling of being at home , in his world , the whole of his world , that is rare in English fiction . He accepted and rendered ...
Page 135
... accepted the idea of progress without much question . The age represented the triumph of protestantism , and perhaps its great achievement was the universal acceptance of the idea of respectability . It was a great achievement , no ...
... accepted the idea of progress without much question . The age represented the triumph of protestantism , and perhaps its great achievement was the universal acceptance of the idea of respectability . It was a great achievement , no ...
Page 307
... acceptance of things as they are , a reluctant conformism . The great discovery of Edwin Clayhanger's life is ' Injustice is a tremendous actuality ! It had to be faced and accepted ' . And life is something for Bennett that exists ...
... acceptance of things as they are , a reluctant conformism . The great discovery of Edwin Clayhanger's life is ' Injustice is a tremendous actuality ! It had to be faced and accepted ' . And life is something for Bennett that exists ...
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