The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present AgeLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 - 443 sidor |
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... gives to mankind what history denies , from one individual to another . In almost and , in some measure , satisfies the mind with every occurrence of human life , however , as shadows when it cannot enjoy the substance : in almost every ...
... gives to mankind what history denies , from one individual to another . In almost and , in some measure , satisfies the mind with every occurrence of human life , however , as shadows when it cannot enjoy the substance : in almost every ...
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... gives us not the success of things according in a public light , without taking into consi- to the deserts of vice and virtue , Fiction cor- deration their private feelings , tastes , or habits . rects it , and presents us with the ...
... gives us not the success of things according in a public light , without taking into consi- to the deserts of vice and virtue , Fiction cor- deration their private feelings , tastes , or habits . rects it , and presents us with the ...
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... give them with a man who poisons his brother , and the appearance of reality , it cannot perhaps afterwards accuses them of the murder : a be properly admitted into the number of ro- charge from which they are freed by the ac- mances ...
... give them with a man who poisons his brother , and the appearance of reality , it cannot perhaps afterwards accuses them of the murder : a be properly admitted into the number of ro- charge from which they are freed by the ac- mances ...
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... gives rise to narrow escapes , which might father of Sinonis arrives at this spot while the have been rendered interesting . But the animal is employed in devouring the remains particular adventures are unnatural and mo- of this ...
... gives rise to narrow escapes , which might father of Sinonis arrives at this spot while the have been rendered interesting . But the animal is employed in devouring the remains particular adventures are unnatural and mo- of this ...
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... gives birth to a daughter of rial beauties and defects of any fictitious fair complexion . Fearing that her husband narrative . might not think the cause proportioned to the effect , she commits the infant in charge to Sisimithres , an ...
... gives birth to a daughter of rial beauties and defects of any fictitious fair complexion . Fearing that her husband narrative . might not think the cause proportioned to the effect , she commits the infant in charge to Sisimithres , an ...
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The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated ... John Colin Dunlop Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1845 |
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The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated ... John Colin Dunlop Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1845 |
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Sida 22 - Encyclopaedia of Geography ; comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.
Sida 22 - OWEN. - LECTURES ON THE COMPARATIVE ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY of the INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.
Sida 301 - As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den,* and laid me down in that place to sleep ; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back, Isa.
Sida 302 - ... grown so crazy and stiff in his joints, that he can now do little more than sit in his cave's mouth, grinning at pilgrims as they go by, and biting his nails because he cannot come at them.
Sida 4 - Blair's Chronological and Historical Tables, from the Creation to the present time : With Additions and Corrections from the most authentic Writers ; including the Computation of St. Paul, as connecting the Period from the Exode to the Temple.
Sida 19 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Sida 302 - Now just as the Gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and behold, the City shone like the Sun; the Streets also were paved with Gold, and in them walked many men, with Crowns on their heads, Palms in their hands, and golden Harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord.
Sida 22 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W. PARKES.
Sida 302 - There were also that met them with harps and crowns, and gave them to them; the harps to praise withal, and the crowns in token of honour. Then I heard in my dream that all the bells in the City rang again for joy; and that it was said unto them, Enter ye into the joy of your Lord.
Sida 414 - I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph.