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Oh ! my fond heart is so wrapt in that tender bosom , that the brightest beauties would for me have no charms , nor would a hermit be colder in their embraces . Sophia , Sophia , alone shall be mine . What raptures are in that namel I ...
Oh ! my fond heart is so wrapt in that tender bosom , that the brightest beauties would for me have no charms , nor would a hermit be colder in their embraces . Sophia , Sophia , alone shall be mine . What raptures are in that namel I ...
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... want of that higher species of self - command , that just consideration of others , that knowledge of her own heart , that principle of right which had not formed any essential part of her education , made her miserable under it .
... want of that higher species of self - command , that just consideration of others , that knowledge of her own heart , that principle of right which had not formed any essential part of her education , made her miserable under it .
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Conrad's furthest exploration of evil is his short story , Heart of Darkness ( 1902 ) , which describes a voyage up the Congo into the heart of Africa closely resembling a journey Conrad had made . The heart of darkness of the title is ...
Conrad's furthest exploration of evil is his short story , Heart of Darkness ( 1902 ) , which describes a voyage up the Congo into the heart of Africa closely resembling a journey Conrad had made . The heart of darkness of the title is ...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 May 2007 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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