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Page 74
... tion of a passage from her essay on the modern novel will indicate , better than anything else , the nature of Sterne's mind and its perceptions . Examine for a moment an ordinary mind on an ordinary day . The mind receives a myriad ...
... tion of a passage from her essay on the modern novel will indicate , better than anything else , the nature of Sterne's mind and its perceptions . Examine for a moment an ordinary mind on an ordinary day . The mind receives a myriad ...
Page 90
... tion of some length , The History of Rasselas , Prince of Abyssinia ( 1759 ) , for all its apparent exoticism of scene , is a statement of values uncorrupted by the cult of sensi- bility . It is scarcely a novel , just as its setting ...
... tion of some length , The History of Rasselas , Prince of Abyssinia ( 1759 ) , for all its apparent exoticism of scene , is a statement of values uncorrupted by the cult of sensi- bility . It is scarcely a novel , just as its setting ...
Page 182
... tion adopted ; . . . the machinery of the Club , proving cumbrous in the management , was gradually abandoned as the work progressed . " The book began as improvisation . Dickens soon became the senior partner in the collabora- ' tion ...
... tion adopted ; . . . the machinery of the Club , proving cumbrous in the management , was gradually abandoned as the work progressed . " The book began as improvisation . Dickens soon became the senior partner in the collabora- ' tion ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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