History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... according to certain social con- ditions and by laws which might almost be determined , from verse to prose , and again from the latter to the metrical form . In the domain of letters , as of material industries , in- crease of labour ...
... according to certain social con- ditions and by laws which might almost be determined , from verse to prose , and again from the latter to the metrical form . In the domain of letters , as of material industries , in- crease of labour ...
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... according to the deserts of vice and virtue , Fiction corrects it , and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded or punished according to merit . And as real history disgusts us with a familiar and constant similitude ...
... according to the deserts of vice and virtue , Fiction corrects it , and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded or punished according to merit . And as real history disgusts us with a familiar and constant similitude ...
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... according to Passow ( in Ersch and Gruber's " Encyclop . " ) . His work , moreover , exhibits no special indication of Eastern influence . For somewhat fuller notice of this question , see Liebrecht's notes , p . 456 . OF THE INCREDIBLE ...
... according to Passow ( in Ersch and Gruber's " Encyclop . " ) . His work , moreover , exhibits no special indication of Eastern influence . For somewhat fuller notice of this question , see Liebrecht's notes , p . 456 . OF THE INCREDIBLE ...
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... according to Diogenes , the most distant of the globe , as he talks of several beyond it : Thule is but a single station for his adventurers , and many of the most incredible things are beheld in other quarters of the world . The idea ...
... according to Diogenes , the most distant of the globe , as he talks of several beyond it : Thule is but a single station for his adventurers , and many of the most incredible things are beheld in other quarters of the world . The idea ...
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... According to Photius , Lucius himself believed in these marvels , includ ing the transformation of men into animals , and vice versa . - Lieb . Whether the supposed Lucius of Patrę , or Lucian , is the prior author of the story , the ...
... According to Photius , Lucius himself believed in these marvels , includ ing the transformation of men into animals , and vice versa . - Lieb . Whether the supposed Lucius of Patrę , or Lucian , is the prior author of the story , the ...
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