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Richardson had far too fine a perception of character to do any such thing . What was there in Lovelace that Clarissa should love him ? He is witty ; but wit is the last quality to excite passion , or to secure affection .
Richardson had far too fine a perception of character to do any such thing . What was there in Lovelace that Clarissa should love him ? He is witty ; but wit is the last quality to excite passion , or to secure affection .
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Having apostrophised these worthies , he , in a very feeling manner , endeavoured to rescue poor Cooke from a portion of that odium which attaches to his character as a drunkard , by informing the audience that he was not habitually ...
Having apostrophised these worthies , he , in a very feeling manner , endeavoured to rescue poor Cooke from a portion of that odium which attaches to his character as a drunkard , by informing the audience that he was not habitually ...
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The taste of the age requires character . Character is to be exhibited only by dialogue , and dialogue , to be natural , must arise out of incident . And it is this necessary combination that makes the true novel , by far the most ...
The taste of the age requires character . Character is to be exhibited only by dialogue , and dialogue , to be natural , must arise out of incident . And it is this necessary combination that makes the true novel , by far the most ...
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Contents
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The Gurney Papers Nos XIII XIV XV XVI By the Author | 264 |
Little Pedlington in a Pucker By the Author of Paul Pry | 321 |
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| Title | New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 52 |
| Contributors | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth |
| Publisher | E. W. Allen, 1838 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
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