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Page vii
... speak thus ex cathedrĂ¢ . With this explanation , we lay our remarks on the most emi- nent authors of this Great Nation before our readers , reiterat- ing that , owing to our having so frequently heard INTRODUCTION . vii.
... speak thus ex cathedrĂ¢ . With this explanation , we lay our remarks on the most emi- nent authors of this Great Nation before our readers , reiterat- ing that , owing to our having so frequently heard INTRODUCTION . vii.
Page viii
Thomas Powell. ing that , owing to our having so frequently heard their merits discussed by the most distinguished critics of England , the views expressed in this book may rather be considered the result of their deliberations than our ...
Thomas Powell. ing that , owing to our having so frequently heard their merits discussed by the most distinguished critics of England , the views expressed in this book may rather be considered the result of their deliberations than our ...
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... heard of a very acute critic . A party of friends one evening were discuss- ing the acting of the elder Kean and his son ; all agreed in praising the felicity with which the son imitated the father : one went so far as to declare he saw ...
... heard of a very acute critic . A party of friends one evening were discuss- ing the acting of the elder Kean and his son ; all agreed in praising the felicity with which the son imitated the father : one went so far as to declare he saw ...
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... heard some Ameri- cans declare that they are not natural , but , as they termed them , Mr. Cooper's Indians : we can only speak as they im- pressed us . It must always be borne in mind that a novelist labors under a disadvantage when he ...
... heard some Ameri- cans declare that they are not natural , but , as they termed them , Mr. Cooper's Indians : we can only speak as they im- pressed us . It must always be borne in mind that a novelist labors under a disadvantage when he ...
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... heard some critics lay this charge to the " three volume system , " which , they maintain , compels them to adopt this superfluous writing to fill up the space ; but we do not think this at all a valid reason . A careless or incompetent ...
... heard some critics lay this charge to the " three volume system , " which , they maintain , compels them to adopt this superfluous writing to fill up the space ; but we do not think this at all a valid reason . A careless or incompetent ...
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