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... marry the hateful Blifil to emulate Clarissa Harlowe and run away from home . He is a magnificent comic character , drawn with affection but also remorse- lessly . Fielding has him , as we say , completely taped ; no exposure could be ...
... marry the hateful Blifil to emulate Clarissa Harlowe and run away from home . He is a magnificent comic character , drawn with affection but also remorse- lessly . Fielding has him , as we say , completely taped ; no exposure could be ...
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... marry Jane , who is eight- een years old , and when he has failed to trick her into a bogus marriage , proposes that she should become his mis- tress . She refuses , and still adoring him and unresentful of his behavior , runs away ...
... marry Jane , who is eight- een years old , and when he has failed to trick her into a bogus marriage , proposes that she should become his mis- tress . She refuses , and still adoring him and unresentful of his behavior , runs away ...
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... marry her so that , after her death , they can share her money and marry themselves . She " turns her face to the wall " and dies . But she has the last word . " She has stretched her wings , " says Kate after her death , " and it was ...
... marry her so that , after her death , they can share her money and marry themselves . She " turns her face to the wall " and dies . But she has the last word . " She has stretched her wings , " says Kate after her death , " and it was ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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