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... Lady Booby as his sister had done those of Lady Booby's nephew , Richardson's Mr. B. It was , as it turned out , a false start , for , having discovered the form of the novel , Fielding went on to do something quite different from ...
... Lady Booby as his sister had done those of Lady Booby's nephew , Richardson's Mr. B. It was , as it turned out , a false start , for , having discovered the form of the novel , Fielding went on to do something quite different from ...
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... ladies whilst they ran downstairs . " I can't abide to dress any young lady who says never mind , and it will do very well . That , and her never talking to one confidentially , or trusting one with the least bit of her secrets , is the ...
... ladies whilst they ran downstairs . " I can't abide to dress any young lady who says never mind , and it will do very well . That , and her never talking to one confidentially , or trusting one with the least bit of her secrets , is the ...
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... Lady McLaughlin and Sir Sampson . There is no subtlety in this comedy of cross purposes , in which Lady Juliana's sensibilities are constantly being outraged by the homely crudities of life in the Highlands ; it is the high - spirited ...
... Lady McLaughlin and Sir Sampson . There is no subtlety in this comedy of cross purposes , in which Lady Juliana's sensibilities are constantly being outraged by the homely crudities of life in the Highlands ; it is the high - spirited ...
Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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