The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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... The book has indeed been prepared for the parlour table , and is likely to afford amusement , in the intervals of business , to a class of readers who would never think of looking at many of the originals from which iv PREFACE .
... The book has indeed been prepared for the parlour table , and is likely to afford amusement , in the intervals of business , to a class of readers who would never think of looking at many of the originals from which iv PREFACE .
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... originals from which the selections have been made . Every thing , accord- ingly , doubtful in principle , or questionable in ten- dency , has been carefully excluded ; and , although it is in appearance a production of very humble pre ...
... originals from which the selections have been made . Every thing , accord- ingly , doubtful in principle , or questionable in ten- dency , has been carefully excluded ; and , although it is in appearance a production of very humble pre ...
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... original , nor so susceptible of vigour in any translation , as to awaken pleasurable emotions , in so far as the power of the author is con- cerned , and yet the vastness of the crime makes the impression almost as awful as that of ...
... original , nor so susceptible of vigour in any translation , as to awaken pleasurable emotions , in so far as the power of the author is con- cerned , and yet the vastness of the crime makes the impression almost as awful as that of ...
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... original character must necessarily evaporate ; like tombs , which lose their venerable sanctity when re- moved from the aisles of a cathedral , and exposed in a museum . We reason where the writers of former days believed , and the ...
... original character must necessarily evaporate ; like tombs , which lose their venerable sanctity when re- moved from the aisles of a cathedral , and exposed in a museum . We reason where the writers of former days believed , and the ...
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... original . ” ON THE LITERARY CHARACTER . To those who are capable of appreciating the immense improvement which the human mind derives from the study of literature , it cannot but appear surprising , that the same superiority of talents ...
... original . ” ON THE LITERARY CHARACTER . To those who are capable of appreciating the immense improvement which the human mind derives from the study of literature , it cannot but appear surprising , that the same superiority of talents ...
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