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 |
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... scenes which were familiar to her as a child have made such a vivid aud lasting impres- sion on her mind , and all her sketches evince so much freshness and vigour , that her readers might easily imagine she had spent her life among the ...
... scenes which were familiar to her as a child have made such a vivid aud lasting impres- sion on her mind , and all her sketches evince so much freshness and vigour , that her readers might easily imagine she had spent her life among the ...
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... scenes of intrigue and passion . There was a want of skill in the construction of the story , for the tragic and satirical parts were not well adjusted ; but the picture of a man of fashion - a Charles Surface of the nineteenth century ...
... scenes of intrigue and passion . There was a want of skill in the construction of the story , for the tragic and satirical parts were not well adjusted ; but the picture of a man of fashion - a Charles Surface of the nineteenth century ...
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... scene is laid partly in Cheshire and partly abroad , and the heroine , like Jane Eyre , is an orphan , who passes through various trying scenes and adventures - nearly all in- teresting , though in many instances highly improbable . Two ...
... scene is laid partly in Cheshire and partly abroad , and the heroine , like Jane Eyre , is an orphan , who passes through various trying scenes and adventures - nearly all in- teresting , though in many instances highly improbable . Two ...
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