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... bound to his footlights . The Civil Service clerk must sit there from ten till four , unless his office be fashionable , when twelve to six is just as heavy on him . The author may do his work at five in the morning when he is fresh ...
... bound to his footlights . The Civil Service clerk must sit there from ten till four , unless his office be fashionable , when twelve to six is just as heavy on him . The author may do his work at five in the morning when he is fresh ...
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... nobility of expression , and all but divine grace of words , which she is bound to attain before she can make her foot- ing good , is not compatible with prose . Indeed NOVELS MAY BE TRUE OR FALSE . 29 it is 28 ` ON NOVELS , ETC.
... nobility of expression , and all but divine grace of words , which she is bound to attain before she can make her foot- ing good , is not compatible with prose . Indeed NOVELS MAY BE TRUE OR FALSE . 29 it is 28 ` ON NOVELS , ETC.
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... bound together without truth in detail , and told as affecting personages without char- acter , - wooden blocks , who cannot make themselves known to the reader as men and women , -does not instruct or amuse , or even fill the mind with ...
... bound together without truth in detail , and told as affecting personages without char- acter , - wooden blocks , who cannot make themselves known to the reader as men and women , -does not instruct or amuse , or even fill the mind with ...
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... bound to deplore . Crit- ical ability for the price we pay is not attain- able . It is a faculty not peculiar to English- men , and when displayed is very frequently not appreciated . honest we have a right to demand , and crit- ical ...
... bound to deplore . Crit- ical ability for the price we pay is not attain- able . It is a faculty not peculiar to English- men , and when displayed is very frequently not appreciated . honest we have a right to demand , and crit- ical ...
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... bound , and was a val- uable and desirable possession . It had just been given to him by the author as an ac- knowledgment for a laudatory review in one of the leading journals of the day . As I was expressly asked whether I did not re ...
... bound , and was a val- uable and desirable possession . It had just been given to him by the author as an ac- knowledgment for a laudatory review in one of the leading journals of the day . As I was expressly asked whether I did not re ...
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