The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1797 - Books |
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Page 283
... former , on the first perusal : but the characteristic which distinguishes it essentially from , and shews its vast inferiority to , the genuine novel , is that , like a secret , it ceases to interest after it can no longer awaken our ...
... former , on the first perusal : but the characteristic which distinguishes it essentially from , and shews its vast inferiority to , the genuine novel , is that , like a secret , it ceases to interest after it can no longer awaken our ...
Page 289
... former , on the first perusal : but the characteristic which distinguishes it essentially from , and shews its vast inferiority to , the genuine novel , is that , like a secret , it ceases to interest after it can no longer awaken our ...
... former , on the first perusal : but the characteristic which distinguishes it essentially from , and shews its vast inferiority to , the genuine novel , is that , like a secret , it ceases to interest after it can no longer awaken our ...
Page 381
... former , if there be not much to blame , there is little to commend . The comic are distinguished by slight effusions of wit and humour , which are not always successful ; they might be read with pleasure in a circle of friends , but ...
... former , if there be not much to blame , there is little to commend . The comic are distinguished by slight effusions of wit and humour , which are not always successful ; they might be read with pleasure in a circle of friends , but ...
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