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... letters and life seem to have had peculiar at- tractions for her , and the occasional bits of an insular character introduced into her novels are cleverly , nay , brilliantly done . We first hear of her as an authoress in 1849 , that is ...
... letters and life seem to have had peculiar at- tractions for her , and the occasional bits of an insular character introduced into her novels are cleverly , nay , brilliantly done . We first hear of her as an authoress in 1849 , that is ...
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... letters . It is , however , becoming more and more the fashion to visit Spain , a country almost uniquely interesting from various points of view , archæological , artistic , picturesque ; 1 and as any knowledge whatever of present ...
... letters . It is , however , becoming more and more the fashion to visit Spain , a country almost uniquely interesting from various points of view , archæological , artistic , picturesque ; 1 and as any knowledge whatever of present ...
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... letters . We might find it hard to indicate the most national English story - teller to an inquiring Japanese or Hindoo ; but such a question put by a foreigner to a Spaniard could hardly be answered except in one way . It is to the ...
... letters . We might find it hard to indicate the most national English story - teller to an inquiring Japanese or Hindoo ; but such a question put by a foreigner to a Spaniard could hardly be answered except in one way . It is to the ...
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... yard , put everything in safety , and mend the fences . " 6th . I put all the philosophical letters in order , and the collection of each year in a separate cover . " 18. - I spent the whole day in ruling Caroline Herschel . 107.
... yard , put everything in safety , and mend the fences . " 6th . I put all the philosophical letters in order , and the collection of each year in a separate cover . " 18. - I spent the whole day in ruling Caroline Herschel . 107.
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... letters to his sister , detailing his astronomical observations , and this cor- respondence shows the pair in a very ... letter taking the form of a diary , " Aug. 1. - I counted 100 nebulæ to - day , and this evening I saw an 108 ...
... letters to his sister , detailing his astronomical observations , and this cor- respondence shows the pair in a very ... letter taking the form of a diary , " Aug. 1. - I counted 100 nebulæ to - day , and this evening I saw an 108 ...
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