Sketch of English Literature with the Lives and Works of the Chief Authors |
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... picture of Chaucer himself ; the Sergent- at - Law ; the Doctor of Physic ; and the Maunciple or Caterer for the Inns of Court . " " Of the agricultural classes , the Franklin is a picture of the typical English country gentleman , in ...
... picture of Chaucer himself ; the Sergent- at - Law ; the Doctor of Physic ; and the Maunciple or Caterer for the Inns of Court . " " Of the agricultural classes , the Franklin is a picture of the typical English country gentleman , in ...
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... picture of his first wife . Fielding's novels are life - like pictures of the English life of his day , and of English men and women ; he uses elaborate plots for the development of their characters , and does not give us a minute ...
... picture of his first wife . Fielding's novels are life - like pictures of the English life of his day , and of English men and women ; he uses elaborate plots for the development of their characters , and does not give us a minute ...
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... pictures from his own experience , and more than this , a picture of his own mind . In the Old Benchers of the Middle Temple we have scenes of his childhood , the impressions taken in by those observant eyes of his , when , as a child ...
... pictures from his own experience , and more than this , a picture of his own mind . In the Old Benchers of the Middle Temple we have scenes of his childhood , the impressions taken in by those observant eyes of his , when , as a child ...
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