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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; was very narrow in the shoulders, and very thick in the ...
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; was very narrow in the shoulders, and very thick in the ...
Page 200
His values may be described as sub-Kingsleyan; that is to say, he is recognizably
of the 'Muscular Christian' group of writers to which Tom Hughes, of Tom Brown's
Schooldays, also belonged: curates are namby-pamby unless they make a ...
His values may be described as sub-Kingsleyan; that is to say, he is recognizably
of the 'Muscular Christian' group of writers to which Tom Hughes, of Tom Brown's
Schooldays, also belonged: curates are namby-pamby unless they make a ...
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Yet, like Scott, she gained from the fact that the world she described was a
finished one. Since it was finished, it was static. It could therefore be described
completely; and in the solidity and comprehensiveness with which she created
her ...
Yet, like Scott, she gained from the fact that the world she described was a
finished one. Since it was finished, it was static. It could therefore be described
completely; and in the solidity and comprehensiveness with which she created
her ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History Volume 9 of Dutton Paperback: D Pelican books |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Publisher | Phoenix House, 1954 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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