The borough, continued. Occasional pieces. The world of dreams. TalesJohn Murray, Albemarle Street, 1834 |
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... Character - Day Schools of the lower Kind- A Master with Talents adapted to such Pupils : one of superior Qualifications - Boarding - Schools : that for young Ladies one going first to the Governess , one finally return- ing Home ...
... Character - Day Schools of the lower Kind- A Master with Talents adapted to such Pupils : one of superior Qualifications - Boarding - Schools : that for young Ladies one going first to the Governess , one finally return- ing Home ...
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... character cheerfulness and resignation , a more uniform piety , and an immovable trust in the aid of religion . This , with the light texture of the introductory part , will , I hope , take off from that idea of sameness , which the ...
... character cheerfulness and resignation , a more uniform piety , and an immovable trust in the aid of religion . This , with the light texture of the introductory part , will , I hope , take off from that idea of sameness , which the ...
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... retarded . I am , therefore , not without hope that the more observant of my readers will perceive many marks of discrimination in these characters . THE BOROUGH . LETTER XXII . THE POOR OF THE D 2 LETTER XXI . 35 ABEL KEENE .
... retarded . I am , therefore , not without hope that the more observant of my readers will perceive many marks of discrimination in these characters . THE BOROUGH . LETTER XXII . THE POOR OF THE D 2 LETTER XXI . 35 ABEL KEENE .
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... character of Grimes , his obduracy and apparent want of feeling , his gloomy kind of misanthropy , the progress of his madness , and the horrors of his imagination , I must leave to the judgment and observation of my readers . The mind ...
... character of Grimes , his obduracy and apparent want of feeling , his gloomy kind of misanthropy , the progress of his madness , and the horrors of his imagination , I must leave to the judgment and observation of my readers . The mind ...
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George Crabbe. THAT a Letter on Prisons should follow the narratives of such characters as Keene and Grimes is unfortunate , but not to be easily avoided . I confess it is not pleasant to be detained so long by subjects so repulsive to ...
George Crabbe. THAT a Letter on Prisons should follow the narratives of such characters as Keene and Grimes is unfortunate , but not to be easily avoided . I confess it is not pleasant to be detained so long by subjects so repulsive to ...
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Abel ALBEMARLE STREET Aldborough answer'd antè appear'd aunt beauty behold BOROUGH bosom call'd Castle of Otranto comfort Crabbe Crabbe's cried crime Cymbeline dare deed delight disdain dread dream dull Dunciad Edinburgh Review fair fancy fate father fear fear'd feel felt fill'd fix'd fled foes fond friendly pair gain'd gentle GEORGE CRABBE give gloom grace grave grew grief grieved Gwyn happy heart honour hope hour humble Jonas kind knew labour lady live look look'd Lord lover maid meads of asphodel mind Normanston nymph o'er pain pass'd passion Peter PETER GRIMES pity pleasure poet poor possess'd praise pray'd pride remain'd rest scene scorn seem'd shame sigh sigh'd silent smile sorrow soul speak spirit strong sweet Sybil TALE terror thee thou art thought trembling Twas vex'd widow youth
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