Romantic Professions: And Other PapersE. Mathews & J. Lane, 1894 - 225 страници |
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... tion was the same and had been carried out with all the English novelist's sympathy with the poor , with all his féerie de la rue . M. Daudet knew that he had often before this been likened to Dickens , before he had read a line of him ...
... tion was the same and had been carried out with all the English novelist's sympathy with the poor , with all his féerie de la rue . M. Daudet knew that he had often before this been likened to Dickens , before he had read a line of him ...
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... tion not to marry . By way of retort , the king very properly shut him up in a tower on short commons for his contumacy and cynicism . Meanwhile in far off China the Princess Badoura was likewise in durance , for being no II ROMANTIC ...
... tion not to marry . By way of retort , the king very properly shut him up in a tower on short commons for his contumacy and cynicism . Meanwhile in far off China the Princess Badoura was likewise in durance , for being no II ROMANTIC ...
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... or Sandhurst sends forth to pro- vide the dark places of the provinces with polo matches and private theatricals , shines with some of the reflected glory of Achilles and Lancelot . Besides the glory of tradi- tion , 15 ROMANTIC ...
... or Sandhurst sends forth to pro- vide the dark places of the provinces with polo matches and private theatricals , shines with some of the reflected glory of Achilles and Lancelot . Besides the glory of tradi- tion , 15 ROMANTIC ...
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... tion , there is moreover the glory of the uniform . The influence of a uniform in romance is beyond gainsaying . The effect of a red coat on susceptible hearts below stairs is accounted by the most unsenti- mental critics an effective ...
... tion , there is moreover the glory of the uniform . The influence of a uniform in romance is beyond gainsaying . The effect of a red coat on susceptible hearts below stairs is accounted by the most unsenti- mental critics an effective ...
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... tion . After a certain amount of them , the mind fails to take seriously the theatricality of monsters and heroes . Then for a season the only reality that can pass itself off for real is the normal , the average , the unheroic ...
... tion . After a certain amount of them , the mind fails to take seriously the theatricality of monsters and heroes . Then for a season the only reality that can pass itself off for real is the normal , the average , the unheroic ...
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