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... Amelia to write a sober , faithful history of his own times in humble prose - a history that yet should , in its structure , its organizing themes , and in its pictures of domesticity , recall at least remotely the master- piece of ...
... Amelia to write a sober , faithful history of his own times in humble prose - a history that yet should , in its structure , its organizing themes , and in its pictures of domesticity , recall at least remotely the master- piece of ...
Page 270
... Amelia are as censorious of the upper classes , are as completely lacking in comic playfulness , as anything he ever wrote , though their picture is not , like that in Amelia , pointed by the presence of definitely rationalized social ...
... Amelia are as censorious of the upper classes , are as completely lacking in comic playfulness , as anything he ever wrote , though their picture is not , like that in Amelia , pointed by the presence of definitely rationalized social ...
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... Amelia's fortune through the confession of Robinson is certainly an artificial , though time - honoured device . It saves Booth from the army , and Henry Fielding was enough of a pacifist to be pleased with that result . But could Henry ...
... Amelia's fortune through the confession of Robinson is certainly an artificial , though time - honoured device . It saves Booth from the army , and Henry Fielding was enough of a pacifist to be pleased with that result . But could Henry ...
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A Note in Defence of Satire 12 L | 12 |
The Authenticity of Anna Sewards Published Correspondence | 50 |
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