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Thus oppressed and unhappy , and living in the most retired manner , our
heroine , probably to divert her mind from a too frequent recollection of these
circumstances , directed her attention to dramatic composition , in which she has
so ...
Thus oppressed and unhappy , and living in the most retired manner , our
heroine , probably to divert her mind from a too frequent recollection of these
circumstances , directed her attention to dramatic composition , in which she has
so ...
Page 91
This is doubtless a noble design : that the author is capable of pursuing it with
much success will probably be admitted by all who have read , with candour and
attention , the present work , which , we understand , has engaged a
considerable ...
This is doubtless a noble design : that the author is capable of pursuing it with
much success will probably be admitted by all who have read , with candour and
attention , the present work , which , we understand , has engaged a
considerable ...
Page 266
... and even the reptile creation , as equally objects of thy attention , hast thou
sent an bouri to reprove me for my unmanly execrations of a quadrupede ,
perhaps less to blame than myself ! ” " I do not understand one word that you
have uttered ...
... and even the reptile creation , as equally objects of thy attention , hast thou
sent an bouri to reprove me for my unmanly execrations of a quadrupede ,
perhaps less to blame than myself ! ” " I do not understand one word that you
have uttered ...
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Contents
Incidents illustrated 14 DRAMATIC | 17 |
Characters No I A Sailor 22 Modern Writers and Modern Taste 47 | 23 |
Doveridge or the Monster 27 To Mrs Herbert Croft 52 | 33 |
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