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... characters in his works . But it is not so with the scene he chooses to describe ; he may be as literal as he pleases in the one case then he is pronounced graphic , and wonderfully true to nature ; but if he portrays with equal ...
... characters in his works . But it is not so with the scene he chooses to describe ; he may be as literal as he pleases in the one case then he is pronounced graphic , and wonderfully true to nature ; but if he portrays with equal ...
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... characters of his native land , he nevertheless excels every other writer of Romance in general subjects likewise ; with the sole exception of the Supernatural , where Mrs. Radcliffe and Monk Lewis are unapproached . Scott is ...
... characters of his native land , he nevertheless excels every other writer of Romance in general subjects likewise ; with the sole exception of the Supernatural , where Mrs. Radcliffe and Monk Lewis are unapproached . Scott is ...
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... character of that simple - minded hunter is certainly the greatest effort of its author ; and the Leather - Stocking Ro- mances will undoubtedly remain permanently a part of the national literature . Like Sir Walter Scott , Mr. Cooper ...
... character of that simple - minded hunter is certainly the greatest effort of its author ; and the Leather - Stocking Ro- mances will undoubtedly remain permanently a part of the national literature . Like Sir Walter Scott , Mr. Cooper ...
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... character . He illustrated this position with many instances of men , whose religious opinions we well knew , and in every instance he pre- sented us with a key to the man's whole character . This undeviating coherency is forcibly ...
... character . He illustrated this position with many instances of men , whose religious opinions we well knew , and in every instance he pre- sented us with a key to the man's whole character . This undeviating coherency is forcibly ...
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... character of Long Tom Coffin , admirable as it is , seems more English than American ; it is founded more on Dibdin's Songs than the transatlantic Sailor . This was turned to good account by some English Playwright when the novel first ...
... character of Long Tom Coffin , admirable as it is , seems more English than American ; it is founded more on Dibdin's Songs than the transatlantic Sailor . This was turned to good account by some English Playwright when the novel first ...
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