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... Oroonoko : or , The Royal Slave , represents the first appearance of the idea of the noble savage — some seventy years before Rousseau ; and it could be interpreted as the forerunner of all anti - imperialist or anticolonial literature ...
... Oroonoko : or , The Royal Slave , represents the first appearance of the idea of the noble savage — some seventy years before Rousseau ; and it could be interpreted as the forerunner of all anti - imperialist or anticolonial literature ...
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... Oroonoko is a compendium in himself of all the virtues , an educated as well as a noble savage since even in his native Africa he has learned French and English and ac- quired a touching admiration for the ancient Romans . It is , to ...
... Oroonoko is a compendium in himself of all the virtues , an educated as well as a noble savage since even in his native Africa he has learned French and English and ac- quired a touching admiration for the ancient Romans . It is , to ...
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... Oroonoko , 20-22 Osbourne , Lloyd , 336 Our Mutual Friend , 191 , 192 , 194 , 196-197 , 239 Our Village , 163 Pain , Barry , 357 Pamela , 7 , 16 , 31 , 32-35 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 Passage to India , A , 400 , 402-403 Pater , Walter , 292 ...
... Oroonoko , 20-22 Osbourne , Lloyd , 336 Our Mutual Friend , 191 , 192 , 194 , 196-197 , 239 Our Village , 163 Pain , Barry , 357 Pamela , 7 , 16 , 31 , 32-35 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 Passage to India , A , 400 , 402-403 Pater , Walter , 292 ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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