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... simply that the songs , so contrasted in their moods , are placed in juxtaposition or that , as in all Peacock's novels , they aerate the dialogue and keep it bubbling with a liveliness additional to that of the text , so that , when we ...
... simply that the songs , so contrasted in their moods , are placed in juxtaposition or that , as in all Peacock's novels , they aerate the dialogue and keep it bubbling with a liveliness additional to that of the text , so that , when we ...
Page 263
... simply invoking , as models for what he wants to do , arts more formal , more highly organized than the novel has normally been . To dramatize meant to present intensely , so that the last drop of value could be squeezed from the scene ...
... simply invoking , as models for what he wants to do , arts more formal , more highly organized than the novel has normally been . To dramatize meant to present intensely , so that the last drop of value could be squeezed from the scene ...
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... simply from duty . Some , like the novelist Mrs Wannup , are very poor ; others , like Tietjens , very rich ; it makes no difference : they are members of an élite so well established that it does not even have to think of itself as an ...
... simply from duty . Some , like the novelist Mrs Wannup , are very poor ; others , like Tietjens , very rich ; it makes no difference : they are members of an élite so well established that it does not even have to think of itself as an ...
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