History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... chief works of fiction from the earliest times . The design was conceived and traced by the Marquis de Paulmy , whose extensive library supplied the contributors with the materials from which their abstracts were drawn . The conductor ...
... chief works of fiction from the earliest times . The design was conceived and traced by the Marquis de Paulmy , whose extensive library supplied the contributors with the materials from which their abstracts were drawn . The conductor ...
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... chief of the Gymnosophists , and deposits in his hands a ring and some writings , explaining the circum- stances of her birth [ bk . iv . , c . 8 ; bk . ii . , c . 31 ] . The child is named Chariclea , and remains for seven years with 1 ...
... chief of the Gymnosophists , and deposits in his hands a ring and some writings , explaining the circum- stances of her birth [ bk . iv . , c . 8 ; bk . ii . , c . 31 ] . The child is named Chariclea , and remains for seven years with 1 ...
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... chief excellencies of the story , or nuda materia of a romance , are Novelty , Probability , and 1 This exercise , called Tavpokalália , was intended to inure youth to martial fatigue , and was much practised in Thessaly , the country ...
... chief excellencies of the story , or nuda materia of a romance , are Novelty , Probability , and 1 This exercise , called Tavpokalália , was intended to inure youth to martial fatigue , and was much practised in Thessaly , the country ...
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... chief hopes of conciliating the good - will of his master , and through his favour of being united to Chloe ; for it would appear the consent of parties was not sufficient for this , and that in Greece , as among the serfs in Russia ...
... chief hopes of conciliating the good - will of his master , and through his favour of being united to Chloe ; for it would appear the consent of parties was not sufficient for this , and that in Greece , as among the serfs in Russia ...
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... chief merit of a romance to consist in commencing in the middle of the story , has remarked , I think unjustly , that it is a great de- fect in the plan of this pastoral , that it begins with the in- fancy of the hero and heroine , and ...
... chief merit of a romance to consist in commencing in the middle of the story , has remarked , I think unjustly , that it is a great de- fect in the plan of this pastoral , that it begins with the in- fancy of the hero and heroine , and ...
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