Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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Page 100
... college , before Pitt had taken his seat in the House of Commons , before the voice of Erskine had been once heard in Westminster Hall . REPUTATION OF MISS BURNEY ΤΟΙ Since the appearance of her 100 MADAME D'ARBLAY January 1843.
... college , before Pitt had taken his seat in the House of Commons , before the voice of Erskine had been once heard in Westminster Hall . REPUTATION OF MISS BURNEY ΤΟΙ Since the appearance of her 100 MADAME D'ARBLAY January 1843.
Page 101
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. REPUTATION OF MISS BURNEY ΤΟΙ Since the appearance of her first work , sixty - two years had passed ; and this interval had been crowded , not only with political , but also with intellectual ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. REPUTATION OF MISS BURNEY ΤΟΙ Since the appearance of her first work , sixty - two years had passed ; and this interval had been crowded , not only with political , but also with intellectual ...
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... missed the highest literary honours , only because he had omitted some fine passages in compliance with Garrick's judgment . Alas for human nature , that the wounds of vanity should smart and bleed so much longer than the wounds of ...
... missed the highest literary honours , only because he had omitted some fine passages in compliance with Garrick's judgment . Alas for human nature , that the wounds of vanity should smart and bleed so much longer than the wounds of ...
Page 118
... miss of seventeen , and screaming in a dialect made up of vulgar French and vulgar English ; a poet lean and ragged , with a broad Scotch accent . By degrees these shadows acquired stronger and stronger consistence ; the impulse which ...
... miss of seventeen , and screaming in a dialect made up of vulgar French and vulgar English ; a poet lean and ragged , with a broad Scotch accent . By degrees these shadows acquired stronger and stronger consistence ; the impulse which ...
Page 120
... Miss Lydia Languish and Miss Sukey Saunter , were not ashamed to own that they could not tear themselves away from Evelina . Fine carriages and rich liveries , not often seen east of Temple Bar , were attracted to the publisher's shop ...
... Miss Lydia Languish and Miss Sukey Saunter , were not ashamed to own that they could not tear themselves away from Evelina . Fine carriages and rich liveries , not often seen east of Temple Bar , were attracted to the publisher's shop ...
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