An Oxford Anthology of English ProseArnold Whitridge, John Wendell Dodds, Howard Foster Lowry Oxford University Press, 1935 - 950 pages |
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Page 340
... scene - shifting and trap - doors ; when skilled in the proper periods to in- troduce a wire - walker , or a water ... scene must strike most forcibly . I would advise from my present knowledge of the audience , the two fa- vourite ...
... scene - shifting and trap - doors ; when skilled in the proper periods to in- troduce a wire - walker , or a water ... scene must strike most forcibly . I would advise from my present knowledge of the audience , the two fa- vourite ...
Page 443
... scenes are very different things . Painting is a world of itself , but in scene - painting there is the attempt to deceive ; and there is the discordancy , never to be got over , between painted scenes and real people . [ Lamb . ] Some ...
... scenes are very different things . Painting is a world of itself , but in scene - painting there is the attempt to deceive ; and there is the discordancy , never to be got over , between painted scenes and real people . [ Lamb . ] Some ...
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... scene and by such a lover , clench , as in a nutshell , the emphatic contrast upon which the tale is built . In Guy Mannering , again , every incident is delightful to the imagination ; and the scene when Harry Bertram lands at ...
... scene and by such a lover , clench , as in a nutshell , the emphatic contrast upon which the tale is built . In Guy Mannering , again , every incident is delightful to the imagination ; and the scene when Harry Bertram lands at ...
Contents
Le Morte Darthur | 1 |
Roger Ascham 15151568 | 19 |
Sir Thomas North | 29 |
Copyright | |
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