Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan Company, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 35
... living only to advance his fortunes . He sees the best chance of doing this , by making use of the adulterous passion which the Duke Brachiano has conceived for his beautiful sister . He plots to bring them together , and is led by his ...
... living only to advance his fortunes . He sees the best chance of doing this , by making use of the adulterous passion which the Duke Brachiano has conceived for his beautiful sister . He plots to bring them together , and is led by his ...
Page 109
... living characters . It is true that she only draws them in their private aspect . But this is not a superficial aspect . A man's relation to his wife and children is at least as important a part of his life as his relation to his ...
... living characters . It is true that she only draws them in their private aspect . But this is not a superficial aspect . A man's relation to his wife and children is at least as important a part of his life as his relation to his ...
Page 177
... living at Marlow , and was every- thing still the same ? Oh , she could remember it as if it were yesterday - going on the river , feeling very cold . But if the Mannings made a plan they stuck to it . Never should she forget Herbert ...
... living at Marlow , and was every- thing still the same ? Oh , she could remember it as if it were yesterday - going on the river , feeling very cold . But if the Mannings made a plan they stuck to it . Never should she forget Herbert ...
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