The Life of Robert Louis StevensonMethuen, 1915 - Počet stran: 364 |
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... tion of Catriona . " " T is the chief recommendation of long pedigrees , " T as Stevenson once wrote , " that we can follow back the careers of our component parts and be reminded of our ante - natal lives . " But the threads are many ...
... tion of Catriona . " " T is the chief recommendation of long pedigrees , " T as Stevenson once wrote , " that we can follow back the careers of our component parts and be reminded of our ante - natal lives . " But the threads are many ...
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... tion of Mayne Reid . " Two years later came an ac- count ( still dictated ) of his travels in Perth . Before thirteen he wrote a description of the inhabitants of Peebles in the style of the Book of Snobs . When he was fourteen he ...
... tion of Mayne Reid . " Two years later came an ac- count ( still dictated ) of his travels in Perth . Before thirteen he wrote a description of the inhabitants of Peebles in the style of the Book of Snobs . When he was fourteen he ...
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... tion was probably due to his father's approval of the subject - matter rather than to any belief in the literary ripeness of the style . At the same time , it was the best work that he had yet done , and the plentiful quotations from ...
... tion was probably due to his father's approval of the subject - matter rather than to any belief in the literary ripeness of the style . At the same time , it was the best work that he had yet done , and the plentiful quotations from ...
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... tion . What was specially his , and genuine , was his faculty for turning over a subject in a conversation . There was an insane lucidity in his conclusions ; a singular , humorous eloquence in his language , and a power of method ...
... tion . What was specially his , and genuine , was his faculty for turning over a subject in a conversation . There was an insane lucidity in his conclusions ; a singular , humorous eloquence in his language , and a power of method ...
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... tion in the style , I must sit down at once and set myself to ape that quality . I was unsuccessful , and I knew it ; and tried again , and was again unsuccessful , and always unsuccessful ; but at least in these vain bouts I got some ...
... tion in the style , I must sit down at once and set myself to ape that quality . I was unsuccessful , and I knew it ; and tried again , and was again unsuccessful , and always unsuccessful ; but at least in these vain bouts I got some ...
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