The North American Review, Volume 46University of Northern Iowa, 1838 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... character more definitely than events . Trivial actions , and those frequently repeated , as they occupy far the greater portion of each individual's history , are all that distinguish the members of the multitude from each other ...
... character more definitely than events . Trivial actions , and those frequently repeated , as they occupy far the greater portion of each individual's history , are all that distinguish the members of the multitude from each other ...
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... character and passion , acting in their peculiar scenes and pro- ducing their characteristic effects . Though free from the shackles of rhythm and metrical arrangement , which embar- rass the poet , he is bound to greater truthfulness ...
... character and passion , acting in their peculiar scenes and pro- ducing their characteristic effects . Though free from the shackles of rhythm and metrical arrangement , which embar- rass the poet , he is bound to greater truthfulness ...
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... Characters are brought out more by dialogue than incident ; therefore the portrait is less finished . The exhibition of a single passion , the sketch of one peculiarity in feeling or con- duct , is enough to constitute a dramatic figure ...
... Characters are brought out more by dialogue than incident ; therefore the portrait is less finished . The exhibition of a single passion , the sketch of one peculiarity in feeling or con- duct , is enough to constitute a dramatic figure ...
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... character more definitely than events . Trivial actions , and those fre- quently repeated , as they occupy far the greater portion of each individual's history , are all that distinguish the members of the multitude from each other ...
... character more definitely than events . Trivial actions , and those fre- quently repeated , as they occupy far the greater portion of each individual's history , are all that distinguish the members of the multitude from each other ...
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... character , " The Bravo , " " The Heidenmauer , " " The Headsman , " and " The Monikins . " Besides these labors in the department of fiction , Mr. Cooper published , about ten years since , " The Notions of a Travelling Bachelor , " a ...
... character , " The Bravo , " " The Heidenmauer , " " The Headsman , " and " The Monikins . " Besides these labors in the department of fiction , Mr. Cooper published , about ten years since , " The Notions of a Travelling Bachelor , " a ...
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