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... 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 ...
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... 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 of ...
... 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 of ...
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... tion ; or rather , the inadequacies of popular education , which are summed up in the endearing figure of Mr. Polly , who , in his delight in the resources of language and the exuberance of his imagination , might be an unedu- cated ...
... tion ; or rather , the inadequacies of popular education , which are summed up in the endearing figure of Mr. Polly , who , in his delight in the resources of language and the exuberance of his imagination , might be an unedu- cated ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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