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Page xxxiii
Sarah Scott. concealing merit , whereas a great estate or high birth frequently exalts those who are unfit ( 41 ) . Ellison attributes the corruption of the country to " the necessitous state of too many of the individuals " ( 188 ) , a ...
Sarah Scott. concealing merit , whereas a great estate or high birth frequently exalts those who are unfit ( 41 ) . Ellison attributes the corruption of the country to " the necessitous state of too many of the individuals " ( 188 ) , a ...
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... frequent contrast on this ver- tical scale of such characters as Reynolds's two wives , Sir William and Sir George when thwarted in love , Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn and Dr. and Mrs. Tunstall as parents and domestic economists also produces ...
... frequent contrast on this ver- tical scale of such characters as Reynolds's two wives , Sir William and Sir George when thwarted in love , Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn and Dr. and Mrs. Tunstall as parents and domestic economists also produces ...
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Page xxxviii - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet...
Page xx - In narratives where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...
Page xix - It is therefore not a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn ; nor of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience, for that observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.