A Free Lance in the Field of Life and LettersA. Mason, 1874 - 340 pages |
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Page 9
... perfect at once , and with no trace of any work- manship whatever upon them . How much character , for instance , is unfolded with a stroke of the pen when of a certain " thin woman with a chron c liver- complaint , " at a tea - party ...
... perfect at once , and with no trace of any work- manship whatever upon them . How much character , for instance , is unfolded with a stroke of the pen when of a certain " thin woman with a chron c liver- complaint , " at a tea - party ...
Page 15
... perfect silence , while Romola looked at the faces before her , and held out the basket of bread . *** The man in the night - cap looked rather silly , and backed , thrusting his elbow into his neighbor's ribs with an air of moral ...
... perfect silence , while Romola looked at the faces before her , and held out the basket of bread . *** The man in the night - cap looked rather silly , and backed , thrusting his elbow into his neighbor's ribs with an air of moral ...
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William Cleaver Wilkinson. It is a great denial to her from nature . But perfect prose is as rare , if it is not quite so precious , as perfect poetry . Let George Eliot be content with her gift . It is a unique and high delight , second ...
William Cleaver Wilkinson. It is a great denial to her from nature . But perfect prose is as rare , if it is not quite so precious , as perfect poetry . Let George Eliot be content with her gift . It is a unique and high delight , second ...
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... perfect . Precisely where the natural ceases , and the supernatural would begin , George Eliot halts . Oh , George Eliot , I know as well as you that natural men have their limitations -- their moral limitations . Savonarola was weak ...
... perfect . Precisely where the natural ceases , and the supernatural would begin , George Eliot halts . Oh , George Eliot , I know as well as you that natural men have their limitations -- their moral limitations . Savonarola was weak ...
Page 55
... perfect wifehood and pure lowlihead . " " Isabel " is like it , but lacks the warmth and color which , we respectfully venture to guess , something in the poet's heart , yet more ideal than his fancy , imparted to the idyll of Lowell ...
... perfect wifehood and pure lowlihead . " " Isabel " is like it , but lacks the warmth and color which , we respectfully venture to guess , something in the poet's heart , yet more ideal than his fancy , imparted to the idyll of Lowell ...
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