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Page 215
... scene , that he forgot the misery and dirt of the hamlet he had left behind him . The opening into the paved court - yard corresponded with the rest of the scene . The house , which seemed to consist of two or three high , narrow , and ...
... scene , that he forgot the misery and dirt of the hamlet he had left behind him . The opening into the paved court - yard corresponded with the rest of the scene . The house , which seemed to consist of two or three high , narrow , and ...
Page 329
... scenes between Lieutenant Bowling and his nephew , which is beyond Fielding's power of impassioned writing . The whole of the scene on ship - board is a most admirable and striking picture , and , we imagine , very little , if at all ...
... scenes between Lieutenant Bowling and his nephew , which is beyond Fielding's power of impassioned writing . The whole of the scene on ship - board is a most admirable and striking picture , and , we imagine , very little , if at all ...
Page 332
... scene ; and hence presents you with a conventional and factitious nature , instead of that which is real . Dr Johnson seems to have preferred this truth of reflection to the truth of nature , when he said that there was more knowledge ...
... scene ; and hence presents you with a conventional and factitious nature , instead of that which is real . Dr Johnson seems to have preferred this truth of reflection to the truth of nature , when he said that there was more knowledge ...
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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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