The Quarterly Review, Volume 147John Murray, 1879 |
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... fact . We regret it , because the general reader can hardly fail to be deterred from doing justice to a capital book , when he finds whole chapters devoted to tedious and some- times superfluous summaries . At the same time , if prolix ...
... fact . We regret it , because the general reader can hardly fail to be deterred from doing justice to a capital book , when he finds whole chapters devoted to tedious and some- times superfluous summaries . At the same time , if prolix ...
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... fact is that Les- sing had an inborn inclination towards the drama , and consequently he had not been many weeks in Leipzig before he found him- self drawn irresistibly to Frau Neuber's theatre . Night after night would he be seen in ...
... fact is that Les- sing had an inborn inclination towards the drama , and consequently he had not been many weeks in Leipzig before he found him- self drawn irresistibly to Frau Neuber's theatre . Night after night would he be seen in ...
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... fact of the presentment of such tokens , no matter of what humble char- acter , that it looks for the proper keeping of this festival , and not to the serving of sumptuous cheer . And thus did that most unsophisticated and strictly ...
... fact of the presentment of such tokens , no matter of what humble char- acter , that it looks for the proper keeping of this festival , and not to the serving of sumptuous cheer . And thus did that most unsophisticated and strictly ...
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... fact . It is not as a play of the present day , but as one composed under the literary con- ditions which then prevailed , that Miss Sara Sampson ' must be judged , to under- stand the extraordinary effect its perform- ance had on the ...
... fact . It is not as a play of the present day , but as one composed under the literary con- ditions which then prevailed , that Miss Sara Sampson ' must be judged , to under- stand the extraordinary effect its perform- ance had on the ...
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... fact was patent that the performances did not draw . To stave off embarrassments the directors after a while tried to cater for more vulgar tastes , and Lessing with a wry face had to acquiesce in an exhibition of harlequinade on the ...
... fact was patent that the performances did not draw . To stave off embarrassments the directors after a while tried to cater for more vulgar tastes , and Lessing with a wry face had to acquiesce in an exhibition of harlequinade on the ...
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