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... should be altered to suit the taste of critics , or the caprice of the Author himself . This process of feeling is so natural , that it may be observed even in children , who viii ADVERTISEMENT AND GENERAL PREFACE TO cannot endure that a.
... should be altered to suit the taste of critics , or the caprice of the Author himself . This process of feeling is so natural , that it may be observed even in children , who viii ADVERTISEMENT AND GENERAL PREFACE TO cannot endure that a.
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... observed less or more in every work in which the third person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar to the Autobiography of Alexander the Corrector . * I must refer to a very early period of my life , were I to point out my first ...
... observed less or more in every work in which the third person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar to the Autobiography of Alexander the Corrector . * I must refer to a very early period of my life , were I to point out my first ...
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... observed a strict secrecy on the subject of this intercourse , it acquired all the character of a concealed pleasure , and we used to select for the scenes of our indulgence long walks through the solitary and romantic environs of ...
... observed a strict secrecy on the subject of this intercourse , it acquired all the character of a concealed pleasure , and we used to select for the scenes of our indulgence long walks through the solitary and romantic environs of ...
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... observed that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the conversation of men . Of literary fame , whether merited or undeserved , I had already as much as might have ...
... observed that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the conversation of men . Of literary fame , whether merited or undeserved , I had already as much as might have ...
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... observed , I can only resort to the explanation supplied by a critic as friendly as he is intelligent ; namely , that the mental organisation of the novelist must be characterised , to speak craniologically , by an extraordinary ...
... observed , I can only resort to the explanation supplied by a critic as friendly as he is intelligent ; namely , that the mental organisation of the novelist must be characterised , to speak craniologically , by an extraordinary ...
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