The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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Page 38
... ship not usually fostered by the French plan of education , elegant and varied read- ing , the inherited power of expressing him- self with peculiar felicity , and of writing with grace without pedantry , much pene- trating thought ...
... ship not usually fostered by the French plan of education , elegant and varied read- ing , the inherited power of expressing him- self with peculiar felicity , and of writing with grace without pedantry , much pene- trating thought ...
Page 58
... ship , and a moderate competence , which took away the necessity for undigested compositions , and would have permitted him to elaborate a work worthy of his extraordinary talents . Every element of happiness appeared to have met ...
... ship , and a moderate competence , which took away the necessity for undigested compositions , and would have permitted him to elaborate a work worthy of his extraordinary talents . Every element of happiness appeared to have met ...
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... ship like this requires time as well as skill , and that Fielding should have expended upon it such excessive pains is one of the most curious and instructive facts in his life . There was an interval of seven years between the ...
... ship like this requires time as well as skill , and that Fielding should have expended upon it such excessive pains is one of the most curious and instructive facts in his life . There was an interval of seven years between the ...
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... ship , the sailors and wa- termen assailed him with inhuman jests on his appearance . A storm arose at sea which would have given no small alarm to a man who had either not learned what it is to die , or known what it is to be mise ...
... ship , the sailors and wa- termen assailed him with inhuman jests on his appearance . A storm arose at sea which would have given no small alarm to a man who had either not learned what it is to die , or known what it is to be mise ...
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... ship , ' replied , because they never go out to tea . ' In point of fact , a German professor will toil pa- tiently at his desk for fourteen hours out of the twenty - four , never quitting it except to eat the simple meals which the ...
... ship , ' replied , because they never go out to tea . ' In point of fact , a German professor will toil pa- tiently at his desk for fourteen hours out of the twenty - four , never quitting it except to eat the simple meals which the ...
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