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... experience of life , an experience that , however bitter it may have been , has 50 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
... experience of life , an experience that , however bitter it may have been , has 50 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
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... more than half - conscious apprehen- sion of the physical world in which the character moves ; and at the same time the moment experienced is bound to and recapitulates moments of similar experience in the past through 1914 AND AFTER 419.
... more than half - conscious apprehen- sion of the physical world in which the character moves ; and at the same time the moment experienced is bound to and recapitulates moments of similar experience in the past through 1914 AND AFTER 419.
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... experience , of watching a motorcar in which the Queen may be sitting on its progress through the West End , of gazing at an airplane sky - writing , even of being vaguely aware of the chimes of Big Ben striking through the day . These ...
... experience , of watching a motorcar in which the Queen may be sitting on its progress through the West End , of gazing at an airplane sky - writing , even of being vaguely aware of the chimes of Big Ben striking through the day . These ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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