The Living Age, Volume 236Living Age Company, 1903 |
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Page 5
... given us some of the finest work done by any writer now living - work almost as su- perior to Galt's as was " Waverley " to " Castle Rackrent . " Another contem- porary owed , like Galt , little to Scott's example , but much to the ...
... given us some of the finest work done by any writer now living - work almost as su- perior to Galt's as was " Waverley " to " Castle Rackrent . " Another contem- porary owed , like Galt , little to Scott's example , but much to the ...
Page 6
... given by such judges as Stevenson and Mr. Lang . French opinion rates Dumas much as we rate Marryat or Lever ; and there is , perhaps , something in the conten- tion , put forward the other day by Mr. Gosse , that to set an extrava ...
... given by such judges as Stevenson and Mr. Lang . French opinion rates Dumas much as we rate Marryat or Lever ; and there is , perhaps , something in the conten- tion , put forward the other day by Mr. Gosse , that to set an extrava ...
Page 8
... given an appropriate and full scope to men like Scott , Dick- ens , and Thackeray , who would un- doubtedly have been distinguished in literature had the novel never been in- vented , but also has given to other writers their one and ...
... given an appropriate and full scope to men like Scott , Dick- ens , and Thackeray , who would un- doubtedly have been distinguished in literature had the novel never been in- vented , but also has given to other writers their one and ...
Page 33
... given a last smear with oil , egg - boxes piled into the wagon , and in less than half - an - hour we were off up the beach to the hunters ' hut . Here our first difficulty cropped up . The tide was out ; and as it would have been ...
... given a last smear with oil , egg - boxes piled into the wagon , and in less than half - an - hour we were off up the beach to the hunters ' hut . Here our first difficulty cropped up . The tide was out ; and as it would have been ...
Page 39
... given within an inch of either end of the egg , it would simply whirl round on its own axis without stirring more than a couple of inches from the spot . The most comical feature about the nesting of the murres is that they do their ...
... given within an inch of either end of the egg , it would simply whirl round on its own axis without stirring more than a couple of inches from the spot . The most comical feature about the nesting of the murres is that they do their ...
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