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Page xii
... scene of human life . I rather amused myself with tracing a certain simi- litude between the story of Caleb Williams and the tale of Bluebeard , than derived any hints from that admir- able specimen of the terrific . Falkland was my ...
... scene of human life . I rather amused myself with tracing a certain simi- litude between the story of Caleb Williams and the tale of Bluebeard , than derived any hints from that admir- able specimen of the terrific . Falkland was my ...
Page xv
... scenes it pourtrays . - Yet , even in the present narrative , I have aimed at a certain kind of novelty ; a novelty , which may be aptly expressed by a parody on a well known line of Pope ; it relates - " Things often done , but never ...
... scenes it pourtrays . - Yet , even in the present narrative , I have aimed at a certain kind of novelty ; a novelty , which may be aptly expressed by a parody on a well known line of Pope ; it relates - " Things often done , but never ...
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... scenes where every object he saw was associated with the ideas of her kindness , her accomplishments , and her virtues : and , being habitually a lover of the sublime and romantic features of nature , he fixed upon a spot in Meri ...
... scenes where every object he saw was associated with the ideas of her kindness , her accomplishments , and her virtues : and , being habitually a lover of the sublime and romantic features of nature , he fixed upon a spot in Meri ...
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... scenes of nature . He viewed her from his window , or from the terrace of earth he had raised at the extremity of his garden ; he mounted his horse for a tranquil excursion , and kept along the road which was sedulously formed for the ...
... scenes of nature . He viewed her from his window , or from the terrace of earth he had raised at the extremity of his garden ; he mounted his horse for a tranquil excursion , and kept along the road which was sedulously formed for the ...
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... scene which was before my senses . I devoured at first with greedy appetite the objects which presented themselves ... scenes , constructed visionary plans , and found all nature subservient to my command . I had a wife or children , was ...
... scene which was before my senses . I devoured at first with greedy appetite the objects which presented themselves ... scenes , constructed visionary plans , and found all nature subservient to my command . I had a wife or children , was ...
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