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Thomas Powell. which distinguished some of his later works , contains some admirable scenes , and well entitled him to that respectful attention he enjoyed for many years . In this , he singular- ly developes the peculiarities of his ...
Thomas Powell. which distinguished some of his later works , contains some admirable scenes , and well entitled him to that respectful attention he enjoyed for many years . In this , he singular- ly developes the peculiarities of his ...
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... scene painting , it is nature . In many of Bulwer's novels we cannot shake off the feeling that the whole is theatrical : we acknowledge the picture , but we see it by the light of the foot- lamps . It is very good , certainly , but it ...
... scene painting , it is nature . In many of Bulwer's novels we cannot shake off the feeling that the whole is theatrical : we acknowledge the picture , but we see it by the light of the foot- lamps . It is very good , certainly , but it ...
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... 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 fidelity the beings he brings forth upon his canvas , he is ...
... 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 fidelity the beings he brings forth upon his canvas , he is ...
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... scenes , and with Indians as actors , is undoubtedly true ; but this applies in a certain sense to every distinguished author . That Mr. Cooper has narrowed his range by a too engrossing attention to a particular species of human life ...
... scenes , and with Indians as actors , is undoubtedly true ; but this applies in a certain sense to every distinguished author . That Mr. Cooper has narrowed his range by a too engrossing attention to a particular species of human life ...
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... scenes , by wearying the reader before the emphatic moment has arrived . It is very unartistic to jade the attention , as it destroys the keenness of appreciation when it is most required to heighten the effect of a denouement . We have ...
... scenes , by wearying the reader before the emphatic moment has arrived . It is very unartistic to jade the attention , as it destroys the keenness of appreciation when it is most required to heighten the effect of a denouement . We have ...
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