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Page 164
... attitude and his humor anticipate surprisingly some aspects of Dickens . Peter Simple is a charming story , and a most vivid account of life in the Royal Navy in the early years of the century . But what gives it its distinction is not ...
... attitude and his humor anticipate surprisingly some aspects of Dickens . Peter Simple is a charming story , and a most vivid account of life in the Royal Navy in the early years of the century . But what gives it its distinction is not ...
Page 203
... attitude to Blanche Amory , “ I have no doubt there is sexual jealousy on the mother's part , " that he was aware of something of the significance of his relation to his mother . In any case , it meant that he was not master of a large ...
... attitude to Blanche Amory , “ I have no doubt there is sexual jealousy on the mother's part , " that he was aware of something of the significance of his relation to his mother . In any case , it meant that he was not master of a large ...
Page 276
... attitude alike , he must have appeared as something like a later Carlyle , but an optimistic Carlyle , saying " Yea " to life not as a categorical imperative but out of sheer exuberance of spirit . But today , E. M. Forster's ...
... attitude alike , he must have appeared as something like a later Carlyle , but an optimistic Carlyle , saying " Yea " to life not as a categorical imperative but out of sheer exuberance of spirit . But today , E. M. Forster's ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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