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... things ? " But it brought in things that were not so fine , things Scott knew nothing about and cared less . It made him set at the centre of his fictions the romantic hero and the romantic heroine . It is the fate of the romantic hero ...
... things ? " But it brought in things that were not so fine , things Scott knew nothing about and cared less . It made him set at the centre of his fictions the romantic hero and the romantic heroine . It is the fate of the romantic hero ...
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... things against his characters , that he is manipulating fate against them . Hardy's worst failure here is certainly ... Things are as they are , and will be brought to their destined issue ' , we feel that , in this instance , the issue ...
... things against his characters , that he is manipulating fate against them . Hardy's worst failure here is certainly ... Things are as they are , and will be brought to their destined issue ' , we feel that , in this instance , the issue ...
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... things . This perception into the nature of things Forster calls , in The Longest Journey ( 1907 ) , ' the knowledge of good - and - evil ' , and he describes it there as ' the primal curse ' . When allowance is made for its comparative ...
... things . This perception into the nature of things Forster calls , in The Longest Journey ( 1907 ) , ' the knowledge of good - and - evil ' , and he describes it there as ' the primal curse ' . When allowance is made for its comparative ...
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