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... become in the novels of Tobias Smollett ( 1721-71 ) . Lismahago , in Humphry Clinker , the most humane of his works , is described thus : He would have measured about six feet in height , had he stood upright ; but he stooped very much ...
... become in the novels of Tobias Smollett ( 1721-71 ) . Lismahago , in Humphry Clinker , the most humane of his works , is described thus : He would have measured about six feet in height , had he stood upright ; but he stooped very much ...
Page 152
... become a politician before he could become a novelist . But within his limitations he grasped and expressed the essential situation of his times with a boldness beyond that of much greater novelists . 2 " That Dickens was a great genius ...
... become a politician before he could become a novelist . But within his limitations he grasped and expressed the essential situation of his times with a boldness beyond that of much greater novelists . 2 " That Dickens was a great genius ...
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... become apparent to him : the benevolent , idealistic , unworldly master , the hard - bitten , humorous , realistic ... become nightmare ; the bad fairies are merely absurd no longer ; they have become ogres . ' Make ' em laugh , make ...
... become apparent to him : the benevolent , idealistic , unworldly master , the hard - bitten , humorous , realistic ... become nightmare ; the bad fairies are merely absurd no longer ; they have become ogres . ' Make ' em laugh , make ...
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