Kings & Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth-century EnglandA. A. Knopf, 1942 - 323 sivua Life in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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... sense of distrusting sentimentality and defying ennui and in seeking , if only in her letters , to please . " To ... sense said it was ghastly , common sense also said it was un- avoidable . Lady Mary had the sharp insight of her age ...
... sense of distrusting sentimentality and defying ennui and in seeking , if only in her letters , to please . " To ... sense said it was ghastly , common sense also said it was un- avoidable . Lady Mary had the sharp insight of her age ...
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... sense that no lively booby was ever artificial ; but he is not " interesting " in the sense that a Squire Western is , or a Mr Collins , or a M. Jourdain . She Stoops to Conquer is essentially a bright farce - comedy of situation , as ...
... sense that no lively booby was ever artificial ; but he is not " interesting " in the sense that a Squire Western is , or a Mr Collins , or a M. Jourdain . She Stoops to Conquer is essentially a bright farce - comedy of situation , as ...
Sivu 301
... sense for sensibility Sterne took from Richardson , but he took nothing else . His tone is always as playful as Richard- son's is earnest ; and not convinced that goodness could get by on its own merits , he sought for all he was worth ...
... sense for sensibility Sterne took from Richardson , but he took nothing else . His tone is always as playful as Richard- son's is earnest ; and not convinced that goodness could get by on its own merits , he sought for all he was worth ...
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