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... English even there . As a true - born Briton he had to do his job thor- oughly ; and so his licentiousness , like English furniture and English cutlery , is the genuine article , turned out regardless of expense . It would be pleasant ...
... English even there . As a true - born Briton he had to do his job thor- oughly ; and so his licentiousness , like English furniture and English cutlery , is the genuine article , turned out regardless of expense . It would be pleasant ...
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... English , 1 Miss Lee has clearly been influenced by the fact that both these masters of aphorism were at the same time writers of ' Characters , ' or short portrait sketches , a form whose genesis is Theophrastus , and best known to English ...
... English , 1 Miss Lee has clearly been influenced by the fact that both these masters of aphorism were at the same time writers of ' Characters , ' or short portrait sketches , a form whose genesis is Theophrastus , and best known to English ...
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... English novel experienced a remark- able eclipse . From the publication of The Vicar of Wakefield , in 1766 , to the composition of Pride and Prejudice , in 1796 , for the whole of that period of thirty years , no novel of the first ...
... English novel experienced a remark- able eclipse . From the publication of The Vicar of Wakefield , in 1766 , to the composition of Pride and Prejudice , in 1796 , for the whole of that period of thirty years , no novel of the first ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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