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... course , but she does not use them merely for decoration or as backcloths ; they have an emotional relationship to the characters who move through them . Similarly , she incorporated into her work a sense of history . From the comments ...
... course , but she does not use them merely for decoration or as backcloths ; they have an emotional relationship to the characters who move through them . Similarly , she incorporated into her work a sense of history . From the comments ...
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... course , the occasional novel of distinction by a writer outside the main tendencies of the age , the perennially delightful novel of Persian life , J. J. Morier's The Adventures of Hajji Baba , for instance , which appeared in 1824 ...
... course , the occasional novel of distinction by a writer outside the main tendencies of the age , the perennially delightful novel of Persian life , J. J. Morier's The Adventures of Hajji Baba , for instance , which appeared in 1824 ...
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... course had the pleasure of handing her into the supper - room . It was my fate to sit opposite to a fine turkey , and I asked my partner if I should have the pleasure of helping her to a piece of the breast . She looked at me very ...
... course had the pleasure of handing her into the supper - room . It was my fate to sit opposite to a fine turkey , and I asked my partner if I should have the pleasure of helping her to a piece of the breast . She looked at me very ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
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