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... mother , Jemima , fed her boy Dryden's translation of and Virgil and Dr. Johnson's Rasselas . When he was 12 , business being good enough to afford it , he was taught Latin as an extra . Alone he is reading romance , adventure , Dumas ...
... mother , Jemima , fed her boy Dryden's translation of and Virgil and Dr. Johnson's Rasselas . When he was 12 , business being good enough to afford it , he was taught Latin as an extra . Alone he is reading romance , adventure , Dumas ...
Page 59
... mother , and their friend Martha Lloyd were settled in the small house at Chawton . This opened on to the village street but had a large garden behind it . It had been placed at his mother's disposal by Edward Knight , or Austen , who ...
... mother , and their friend Martha Lloyd were settled in the small house at Chawton . This opened on to the village street but had a large garden behind it . It had been placed at his mother's disposal by Edward Knight , or Austen , who ...
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... mother is expected , Marianne takes a turn for the better , and by the time the evening , a wild and stormy one ... mother's alarm , gave some explanation to such unexpected rapidity . Never in her life had Elinor found it so difficult ...
... mother is expected , Marianne takes a turn for the better , and by the time the evening , a wild and stormy one ... mother's alarm , gave some explanation to such unexpected rapidity . Never in her life had Elinor found it so difficult ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
The Wedmore Memorial Lecture 1975 | 24 |
Don Carlos Coloma Memorial Lecture 1974 | 47 |
Copyright | |
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