Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 7Robert Chambers Amer. Book Exchange, 1879 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 71
Page 216
... Lady Morgan , nor her observations so exact and extensive as Miss Edgeworth's : her writings are also unequal , but in general they con- stitute easy delightful reading , and possess a simple truth and purity of sentiment ...
... Lady Morgan , nor her observations so exact and extensive as Miss Edgeworth's : her writings are also unequal , but in general they con- stitute easy delightful reading , and possess a simple truth and purity of sentiment ...
Page 284
... LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON . The domestic novels of these ladies have been received with great favour . They are earnest , impassioned , and eloquent expositions of English life and feeling - those of Lady Fullerton , perhaps too uni ...
... LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON . The domestic novels of these ladies have been received with great favour . They are earnest , impassioned , and eloquent expositions of English life and feeling - those of Lady Fullerton , perhaps too uni ...
Page 310
... Lady Audley's Secret ' and ' Aurora Floyd ' may be considered as repre- sentative works , skilful in plot , but dealing with repellent phases of life and character . The following are among the best known of Miss Braddon's works : Lady ...
... Lady Audley's Secret ' and ' Aurora Floyd ' may be considered as repre- sentative works , skilful in plot , but dealing with repellent phases of life and character . The following are among the best known of Miss Braddon's works : Lady ...
Other editions - View all
Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 5 Robert Chambers,Robert Carruthers No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
afterwards ancient appeared beauty Bentley's Miscellany Blackwood's Magazine born Bouillabaisse Captain Captain Marryat character Charles Dickens Charlotte Charlotte Brontė church dark death Dickens Douglas Jerrold earth Edinburgh edition England English eyes fair fancy father feeling fiction flowers friends genius hand Hartley Coleridge hath head heard heart heaven hills honour human interest Italy Jane Eyre king labour lady land light literary literature live London look Lord Lord Amherst Lord Lytton mind Miss morning native nature never night noble novel novelist o'er Parracombe passed passion Patrick Brontė Poems poet poetical poetry popular prose published romance round SARA COLERIDGE says scenes seemed shew sketches song soul spirit story style tale Thackeray thee things thou thought tion Travels Vanity Fair verse voice volumes wild wind woman written young