Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910 - American literature |
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... character , Richardson's success might have been more signal if the accidents of his early habits had not led him to conduct his tale by correspondence . His biographer , Mrs Barbauld , holding an honest brief for her author , contends ...
... character , Richardson's success might have been more signal if the accidents of his early habits had not led him to conduct his tale by correspondence . His biographer , Mrs Barbauld , holding an honest brief for her author , contends ...
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... character and genius of a people , their social habits and ideals , and also the influence of the exist- ing models and traditions of art , are much more potent factors in literary evolution than any mere alteration of their government ...
... character and genius of a people , their social habits and ideals , and also the influence of the exist- ing models and traditions of art , are much more potent factors in literary evolution than any mere alteration of their government ...
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... character that. From the Portrait by John Vanderbank in the National Portrait Gallery . But dream of his youth , completed his great epic , and sent it forth on its voyage of immortality . the achievement of Newton was still more tran ...
... character that. From the Portrait by John Vanderbank in the National Portrait Gallery . But dream of his youth , completed his great epic , and sent it forth on its voyage of immortality . the achievement of Newton was still more tran ...
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... character Newton was gentle and courteous . He loathed hunting and the shooting of animals , and John Ray ( 1627-1705 ) , the son of a black- smith at Black Notley in Essex , was an eminent naturalist . In botany his very numerous and ...
... character Newton was gentle and courteous . He loathed hunting and the shooting of animals , and John Ray ( 1627-1705 ) , the son of a black- smith at Black Notley in Essex , was an eminent naturalist . In botany his very numerous and ...
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... character of his speculations , which led to a multitude of examinations and refutations and answers . In ... characters of a century , and penetrated most of its State secrets , he was able to relate events with a full- ness and ...
... character of his speculations , which led to a multitude of examinations and refutations and answers . In ... characters of a century , and penetrated most of its State secrets , he was able to relate events with a full- ness and ...
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