History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... hero and heroine partake , and awaken to their great surprise , from the trance into which it had thrown them , when in the vicinity of Babylon . Sinonis in despair stabs herself , but not mortally ; and the compassion of Soræchus being ...
... hero and heroine partake , and awaken to their great surprise , from the trance into which it had thrown them , when in the vicinity of Babylon . Sinonis in despair stabs herself , but not mortally ; and the compassion of Soræchus being ...
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... hero and heroine generally evade the search of their pursuers by passing as defuncts , or spirits , which pro- duces a disagreeable sameness in a subject which admitted of much variety . There is , besides , an unpleasant ferocity in ...
... hero and heroine generally evade the search of their pursuers by passing as defuncts , or spirits , which pro- duces a disagreeable sameness in a subject which admitted of much variety . There is , besides , an unpleasant ferocity in ...
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... Hero and Leander of Museus , where the lovers meet in the fane of Venus at Sestos . ' Places of worship , however , were in those days the usual scene of the first interview of lovers , as women were at other times much confined and ...
... Hero and Leander of Museus , where the lovers meet in the fane of Venus at Sestos . ' Places of worship , however , were in those days the usual scene of the first interview of lovers , as women were at other times much confined and ...
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John Colin Dunlop. all the adventures and distresses in the book originate in the hero or heroine falling into the hands of robbers . This , it is true , gives rise to many romantic incidents , but also produces an unvaried and tiresome ...
John Colin Dunlop. all the adventures and distresses in the book originate in the hero or heroine falling into the hands of robbers . This , it is true , gives rise to many romantic incidents , but also produces an unvaried and tiresome ...
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... hero and a heroine . This is the most unusual and the worst species of narration that can be adopted , especially where an incipient passion is to be painted . The hero or heroine , while relating their story , may naturally describe ...
... hero and a heroine . This is the most unusual and the worst species of narration that can be adopted , especially where an incipient passion is to be painted . The hero or heroine , while relating their story , may naturally describe ...
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