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James Anthony Froude. productions . Ixion in Heaven ' is taken from the story of the King of Thessaly who was carried to Olympus and fell in love with the queen of the gods . Disraeli's classical know ledge probably went no farther than ...
James Anthony Froude. productions . Ixion in Heaven ' is taken from the story of the King of Thessaly who was carried to Olympus and fell in love with the queen of the gods . Disraeli's classical know ledge probably went no farther than ...
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... story of the inn at Terracina , with this difference , that Disraeli and his com- panion did not show the gallantry of Irving's English hero . ' I was invited , ' he says , ' by a grand lady of Madrid to join her escort to Granada ...
... story of the inn at Terracina , with this difference , that Disraeli and his com- panion did not show the gallantry of Irving's English hero . ' I was invited , ' he says , ' by a grand lady of Madrid to join her escort to Granada ...
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... story which was brought out afterwards as the tale of ' Alroy . ' Before undertaking either of them , however , he drew a second portrait of himself in ' Contarini Fleming . ' Vivian Grey was a clever , independent youth , with the ...
... story which was brought out afterwards as the tale of ' Alroy . ' Before undertaking either of them , however , he drew a second portrait of himself in ' Contarini Fleming . ' Vivian Grey was a clever , independent youth , with the ...
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... story ends in nothing . The river loses itself in the sands . Contarini is but Disraeli himself in the sick period of undetermined energies . He meditates on the great problems of life , and arrives at the conclusions adopted almost ...
... story ends in nothing . The river loses itself in the sands . Contarini is but Disraeli himself in the sick period of undetermined energies . He meditates on the great problems of life , and arrives at the conclusions adopted almost ...
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... story which offered no opportunities for his peculiar gifts , the second an attempt to exhibit in a novel the characters of Byron and Shelley . They would have made a reputation for an ordinary writer . They sustained the public ...
... story which offered no opportunities for his peculiar gifts , the second an attempt to exhibit in a novel the characters of Byron and Shelley . They would have made a reputation for an ordinary writer . They sustained the public ...
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