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... success . Of late years , Mr. Cooper's novels remind us of Mr. Can- ning's illustration of Brougham's incessant advocacy of reform , which the facetious statesman said was ever brought forward as a nostrum for all evils . Was there an ...
... success . Of late years , Mr. Cooper's novels remind us of Mr. Can- ning's illustration of Brougham's incessant advocacy of reform , which the facetious statesman said was ever brought forward as a nostrum for all evils . Was there an ...
Page 12
... successful in imitating the elder one . When I saw old Edmund lying on the couch , writh- ing as it were beneath all the horrors of a guilty conscience , his restless and disturbed action told me more than words : when , finally , under ...
... successful in imitating the elder one . When I saw old Edmund lying on the couch , writh- ing as it were beneath all the horrors of a guilty conscience , his restless and disturbed action told me more than words : when , finally , under ...
Page 13
... successful romance ; and it is in this two- fold capacity that we consider Mr. Cooper so admirable a writer . Even in the ... success of this description of writing has led Mr. Cooper to persevere in a course which has exposed him to the ...
... successful romance ; and it is in this two- fold capacity that we consider Mr. Cooper so admirable a writer . Even in the ... success of this description of writing has led Mr. Cooper to persevere in a course which has exposed him to the ...
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... successful achievement of count- less sketches , which have nothing to recommend them beyond the carefulness of their finish ; it is a very safe and a very easy way to found a reputation upon the fidelity of minute descrip- tion . What ...
... successful achievement of count- less sketches , which have nothing to recommend them beyond the carefulness of their finish ; it is a very safe and a very easy way to found a reputation upon the fidelity of minute descrip- tion . What ...
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... success of Sir Walter Scott lies in his variety ; here Cooper fails . This tendency to one tune is a mistake , so far as the public is concerned . To be popular , an author must be various ; truly a difficult problem to solve , since ...
... success of Sir Walter Scott lies in his variety ; here Cooper fails . This tendency to one tune is a mistake , so far as the public is concerned . To be popular , an author must be various ; truly a difficult problem to solve , since ...
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