Specimens of NarrationWilliam Tenney Brewster H. Holt, 1895 - 209 стор. |
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... David Copperfield weary all but sentimental readers ; they do not put several threads of action side by side , as in Middlemarch and many histories ; and their progress is not a mere succession of brilliant leaps , as in Mr. Thomas ...
... David Copperfield weary all but sentimental readers ; they do not put several threads of action side by side , as in Middlemarch and many histories ; and their progress is not a mere succession of brilliant leaps , as in Mr. Thomas ...
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... David Masson ( The British Novelists and their Styles ) and of Mr. Percy Russell ( A Guide to British and Amer- ican Novels , a very ill - written book ) into novels dealing with English life , novels dealing with Scotch life , novels ...
... David Masson ( The British Novelists and their Styles ) and of Mr. Percy Russell ( A Guide to British and Amer- ican Novels , a very ill - written book ) into novels dealing with English life , novels dealing with Scotch life , novels ...
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... David . The British Novelists and Their Styles ( 1859 ) . Boston , 1891 . Warren , F. M. The Novel Previous to the XVIIth Cen- tury . New York , 1895 . Finally , in such books as Professor Boyesen's Essays on Ger- man Literature ...
... David . The British Novelists and Their Styles ( 1859 ) . Boston , 1891 . Warren , F. M. The Novel Previous to the XVIIth Cen- tury . New York , 1895 . Finally , in such books as Professor Boyesen's Essays on Ger- man Literature ...
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... of ' atmosphere " in Poe's Fall of the House of Usher and in many places in Dickens ' novels : for example , the attempted suicide of Martha in David Copperfield . PART II . SPECIMENS ILLUSTRATING THE DEVELOP- MENT OF A 34 GEORGE MEREDITH .
... of ' atmosphere " in Poe's Fall of the House of Usher and in many places in Dickens ' novels : for example , the attempted suicide of Martha in David Copperfield . PART II . SPECIMENS ILLUSTRATING THE DEVELOP- MENT OF A 34 GEORGE MEREDITH .
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... David Balfour , Stevenson has furnished excellent material to illustrate the building up of a nar- rative and the development of the facts to give the necessary consistency and verisimilitude . There are four stages : the title of the ...
... David Balfour , Stevenson has furnished excellent material to illustrate the building up of a nar- rative and the development of the facts to give the necessary consistency and verisimilitude . There are four stages : the title of the ...
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Сторінка 157 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life...
Сторінка 158 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept.
Сторінка 159 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest, says he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now...
Сторінка 159 - I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason...
Сторінка 158 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 163 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Сторінка 160 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon...
Сторінка 158 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 162 - Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I, saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Сторінка 160 - Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.