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... story , the reader's mind is prepared by a short introduction or apology , so that the smoothness and simplicity of the narrative shall not be materially inter- rupted . As you will have to write in English , I would advise you to study ...
... story , the reader's mind is prepared by a short introduction or apology , so that the smoothness and simplicity of the narrative shall not be materially inter- rupted . As you will have to write in English , I would advise you to study ...
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... story clear'd ; " Thy Foreign hand discharg'd the historian's trust , " Unsway'd by party , and to freedom just . " We had , however , scarcely any work of the historical kind in our language , which deserves : the name of elegant ...
... story clear'd ; " Thy Foreign hand discharg'd the historian's trust , " Unsway'd by party , and to freedom just . " We had , however , scarcely any work of the historical kind in our language , which deserves : the name of elegant ...
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... story well told . The History of Scotland is extremely engaging , and not the least interesting is the detail of domestic " When giddy and fantastic dreams abuse " A Hampden's virtue and a Shakspeare's muse . ” and private transactions ...
... story well told . The History of Scotland is extremely engaging , and not the least interesting is the detail of domestic " When giddy and fantastic dreams abuse " A Hampden's virtue and a Shakspeare's muse . ” and private transactions ...
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... story well told , with out episode or superfluous description . Dr. Hawkesworth's voyages are more laboured , and more highly ornamented , but seem to want somewhat of that spirit which a writer who de- scribes scenes in which he had ...
... story well told , with out episode or superfluous description . Dr. Hawkesworth's voyages are more laboured , and more highly ornamented , but seem to want somewhat of that spirit which a writer who de- scribes scenes in which he had ...
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... stories of Doro- thea , Cardenio , & c . , afford perhaps the mo- dels of those affecting stories which have been produced by modern writers . I have read this delightful work more than once in the original . I must observe that no work ...
... stories of Doro- thea , Cardenio , & c . , afford perhaps the mo- dels of those affecting stories which have been produced by modern writers . I have read this delightful work more than once in the original . I must observe that no work ...
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