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Page 111
... better go . ' And I'd desire no better than that she would take me at my word , for my Lady Dashfort's is a much better place , I'm told , and she's dying to have me , I know . " In such a soliloquy as this we are not far away from the ...
... better go . ' And I'd desire no better than that she would take me at my word , for my Lady Dashfort's is a much better place , I'm told , and she's dying to have me , I know . " In such a soliloquy as this we are not far away from the ...
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... better than did the English . 4 A consequence of Scott's enormous popular success was that he made the Scottish novel itself possible . Though the greatest Scottish novelist of his time , Scott was not the only one ; but Waverley had ...
... better than did the English . 4 A consequence of Scott's enormous popular success was that he made the Scottish novel itself possible . Though the greatest Scottish novelist of his time , Scott was not the only one ; but Waverley had ...
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... better novelist the more he wrote , or rather , the more he wrote the more he surmounted certain of his weaknesses . Perched as he is on the edge of the over- pathetic , Mr. Harding is a very considerable achievement ; yet he is ...
... better novelist the more he wrote , or rather , the more he wrote the more he surmounted certain of his weaknesses . Perched as he is on the edge of the over- pathetic , Mr. Harding is a very considerable achievement ; yet he is ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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