The Living Age, Volume 236Living Age Company, 1903 |
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... least the most characteris- tic achievement of European literature during the nineteenth century . We should be the last to underrate those great outbursts of poetry which at- tended , and were in part inspired by , the first and second ...
... least the most characteris- tic achievement of European literature during the nineteenth century . We should be the last to underrate those great outbursts of poetry which at- tended , and were in part inspired by , the first and second ...
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... least to some work in verse , even though the poets to be reviewed were of no greater merit than Mrs. Opie or Joanna Baillie , and often , indeed , were writers whose share has been a still more perfect oblivion . There were , no doubt ...
... least to some work in verse , even though the poets to be reviewed were of no greater merit than Mrs. Opie or Joanna Baillie , and often , indeed , were writers whose share has been a still more perfect oblivion . There were , no doubt ...
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... least relied solely upon truth to nature - the minute delineation of small and parochial affairs . With- out talent for construction , without any brilliancy of style or of wit , he achieved a success which but for Scott would never ...
... least relied solely upon truth to nature - the minute delineation of small and parochial affairs . With- out talent for construction , without any brilliancy of style or of wit , he achieved a success which but for Scott would never ...
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... least one European literature- that of Poland - the historical novel appears to have been the tool most natural to the hand of a man of genius . It is difficult to judge work in a trans- lation , yet , perhaps , Sienkiewicz's epic story ...
... least one European literature- that of Poland - the historical novel appears to have been the tool most natural to the hand of a man of genius . It is difficult to judge work in a trans- lation , yet , perhaps , Sienkiewicz's epic story ...
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... least to maintain a decent show of interest in the matter , and never showed any in- clination to kick against the necessity of this central preoccupation with the romance of sex attraction . In Scott , indeed , though a woman , like ...
... least to maintain a decent show of interest in the matter , and never showed any in- clination to kick against the necessity of this central preoccupation with the romance of sex attraction . In Scott , indeed , though a woman , like ...
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