The Bookman, Том 11Dodd, Mead and Company, 1900 |
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... tell the truth , we believe that Thackeray's Henry Esmond would have been a better book had it been written in the language of Pendennis and The Newcomes , for this stylistic mummery reminds one of War- dour Street armour , and of the ...
... tell the truth , we believe that Thackeray's Henry Esmond would have been a better book had it been written in the language of Pendennis and The Newcomes , for this stylistic mummery reminds one of War- dour Street armour , and of the ...
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... telling craft and literary art from the time his Lying Prophets appeared a few years ago . Mr. Phillpotts has undoubtedly struck a rich mine in Devon , the country which he knows best and loves with the fervour of a native of the soil ...
... telling craft and literary art from the time his Lying Prophets appeared a few years ago . Mr. Phillpotts has undoubtedly struck a rich mine in Devon , the country which he knows best and loves with the fervour of a native of the soil ...
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... telling ; and the monologues showed a remarkable psychological insight into character , com- bined with a rare historical imagination . Take this bit , for instance , from the ravings of the maniac Caligula as Mr. Steevens dashes them ...
... telling ; and the monologues showed a remarkable psychological insight into character , com- bined with a rare historical imagination . Take this bit , for instance , from the ravings of the maniac Caligula as Mr. Steevens dashes them ...
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... tell him so , and then ask him for everything of value that he has about him . And suppose he immediately proceeds ... telling us in a superior tone what fearful blunders we Americans committed while we were overthrowing the military and ...
... tell him so , and then ask him for everything of value that he has about him . And suppose he immediately proceeds ... telling us in a superior tone what fearful blunders we Americans committed while we were overthrowing the military and ...
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... tell , Pull , ye beggars , pull , O pull away ! The fog hangs over London as the smoke hangs over Hell , Pull , ye beggars , pull , O pull away ! I'd risk a bit of Hades very willingly , I think , I'd face a good old London fog , with ...
... tell , Pull , ye beggars , pull , O pull away ! The fog hangs over London as the smoke hangs over Hell , Pull , ye beggars , pull , O pull away ! I'd risk a bit of Hades very willingly , I think , I'd face a good old London fog , with ...
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