The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
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... story . ' The love story - though , so far as concerns Constance , a far from pleasant one - is more poignantly interesting ; and the story to which it is subordinate , the tragic national story of Flodden , is more profoundly moving ...
... story . ' The love story - though , so far as concerns Constance , a far from pleasant one - is more poignantly interesting ; and the story to which it is subordinate , the tragic national story of Flodden , is more profoundly moving ...
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... story ; an essay on writing , a critique on Walter Scott , or the history of Buonoparte , on anything that would form a contrast , and bring the reader with increased delight to the playfulness and epigrammatism of the general style ...
... story ; an essay on writing , a critique on Walter Scott , or the history of Buonoparte , on anything that would form a contrast , and bring the reader with increased delight to the playfulness and epigrammatism of the general style ...
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... story and speculation . In her two novels , Adventures of Susan Hopley ; or Circumstantial Evidence ( 1841 ) and The Story of Lilly Dawson ( 1847 ) , the horrors owe but little to the supernatural . Robberies , murders and abductions ...
... story and speculation . In her two novels , Adventures of Susan Hopley ; or Circumstantial Evidence ( 1841 ) and The Story of Lilly Dawson ( 1847 ) , the horrors owe but little to the supernatural . Robberies , murders and abductions ...
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