The Stream of English Biography: Readings in Representative Biographies, with Historical and Critical IntroductionCentury Company, 1930 - 360 Seiten |
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... Scott was a classic figure in his own lifetime , had written a small library , bushels of letters , and a mile or two of journals . He was a spacious personality worthy of epic treatment . Still , the Life of Scott is terribly long , as ...
... Scott was a classic figure in his own lifetime , had written a small library , bushels of letters , and a mile or two of journals . He was a spacious personality worthy of epic treatment . Still , the Life of Scott is terribly long , as ...
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... Scott " COTT's biographer has come down the years as the man of one book . John Gibson Lockhart ( 1794-1854 ) began life as a lawyer but soon turned to literature . The first fruits of his labors were four novels , one of which , Adam ...
... Scott " COTT's biographer has come down the years as the man of one book . John Gibson Lockhart ( 1794-1854 ) began life as a lawyer but soon turned to literature . The first fruits of his labors were four novels , one of which , Adam ...
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... Scott's mode of existence in the country . It was necessary to observe it , day after day , for a consider- able period , before one could believe that such was , during nearly half the year , the routine of life with the most ...
... Scott's mode of existence in the country . It was necessary to observe it , day after day , for a consider- able period , before one could believe that such was , during nearly half the year , the routine of life with the most ...
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