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Page 67
... course ; and the rest of the squadron fol- lowing his example , keeping always in the rear of each other , like a flight of wild geese . Surprised at this strange method of journeying , the mes- senger came up , and told the commodore ...
... course ; and the rest of the squadron fol- lowing his example , keeping always in the rear of each other , like a flight of wild geese . Surprised at this strange method of journeying , the mes- senger came up , and told the commodore ...
Page 117
... course , in their notions of morals . It is not quite true that for Miss Austen morals and manners are interchange- able , but the main emphasis in her work is on manners , which she sees as morals in microcosm . There are , of course ...
... course , in their notions of morals . It is not quite true that for Miss Austen morals and manners are interchange- able , but the main emphasis in her work is on manners , which she sees as morals in microcosm . There are , of course ...
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... course , the occasional novel of distinction by a writer out- side the main tendencies of the age , the perennially delight- ful novel of Persian life , J. J. Morier's The Adventures of Hajji Baba , for instance , which appeared in 1824 ...
... course , the occasional novel of distinction by a writer out- side the main tendencies of the age , the perennially delight- ful novel of Persian life , J. J. Morier's The Adventures of Hajji Baba , for instance , which appeared in 1824 ...
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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