The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 24A. Constable, 1814 |
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Page 325
... character in Gil Blas . The author is a describer of man- ners , and not of character . He does not take the elements of human nature , and work them up into new combinations , ( which is the excellence of Don Quixote ) ; nor trace the ...
... character in Gil Blas . The author is a describer of man- ners , and not of character . He does not take the elements of human nature , and work them up into new combinations , ( which is the excellence of Don Quixote ) ; nor trace the ...
Page 327
... character . It is perhaps scarcely necessary to give any illustration of these remarks . Tom Jones is full of them . The moral of this book has been objected to , and not altogether without reason - but a more serious objection has been ...
... character . It is perhaps scarcely necessary to give any illustration of these remarks . Tom Jones is full of them . The moral of this book has been objected to , and not altogether without reason - but a more serious objection has been ...
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... character as a sol- dier , 202 - as a statesman , 204 - his literary character , 206 . Chunborazo , description of the mountain of , 143 . Columbia , river , singular instance of the trunks of pine trees being found standing erect in ...
... character as a sol- dier , 202 - as a statesman , 204 - his literary character , 206 . Chunborazo , description of the mountain of , 143 . Columbia , river , singular instance of the trunks of pine trees being found standing erect in ...
Contents
The Excursion being a portion of the Recluse | 1 |
On the Light of the Cassegrainian Telescope com | 31 |
Select Passages of the Writings of St Chrysostom | 58 |
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