The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
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... less than his usual graphic felicity in the portrayal of Scottish characters , Caleb Balderstone , for example , being a rather wearisome caricature , and the wit expended on his ingenious devices to hide the extreme destitution of his ...
... less than his usual graphic felicity in the portrayal of Scottish characters , Caleb Balderstone , for example , being a rather wearisome caricature , and the wit expended on his ingenious devices to hide the extreme destitution of his ...
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... less English ; they were less near to nature , in a significant and far - reaching sense less natural . Existence , as such - the world as it is , with its ritual , or routine , of use and wont - was less characteristically the home and ...
... less English ; they were less near to nature , in a significant and far - reaching sense less natural . Existence , as such - the world as it is , with its ritual , or routine , of use and wont - was less characteristically the home and ...
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... less enthralling or less enduring , paths , to the same deeper under- standing of sorrow . He was never weary , Brown tells us , of repeating the Immortality ode ; its sublime portrayal of a mind redeemed by discipline and suffering and ...
... less enthralling or less enduring , paths , to the same deeper under- standing of sorrow . He was never weary , Brown tells us , of repeating the Immortality ode ; its sublime portrayal of a mind redeemed by discipline and suffering and ...
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