Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan Company, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 77
... Evelina . Not only was it a best - seller , but it won enthusiastic praise from the most distinguished minds of the age . " Worthy of Richardson at his best " , said Burke : Dr. Johnson majestically expressed a desire to meet its author ...
... Evelina . Not only was it a best - seller , but it won enthusiastic praise from the most distinguished minds of the age . " Worthy of Richardson at his best " , said Burke : Dr. Johnson majestically expressed a desire to meet its author ...
Page 86
... Evelina felt awkward at being seen with such com- panions . Indeed , Fanny Burney is never better than when conveying social embarrassments of this kind . Evelina , confronted at this very Opera by the dashing Sir Clement Willoughby ...
... Evelina felt awkward at being seen with such com- panions . Indeed , Fanny Burney is never better than when conveying social embarrassments of this kind . Evelina , confronted at this very Opera by the dashing Sir Clement Willoughby ...
Page 94
... Evelina no less a person than Dr. Johnson himself had taken notice of her . She had read his wonderful books with absorbed awe ; and now she had begun to shape her own unpretentious talent on his august model . Alas , Dr. Johnson was no ...
... Evelina no less a person than Dr. Johnson himself had taken notice of her . She had read his wonderful books with absorbed awe ; and now she had begun to shape her own unpretentious talent on his august model . Alas , Dr. Johnson was no ...
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