Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 112W. Blackwood & Sons, 1872 |
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Page 333
... character , with the cog- nate power of analysing motives which enabled him to forecast events in real life , and to attribute to his characters in fiction consistent and appropriate action . In describing this as his greatest gift , we ...
... character , with the cog- nate power of analysing motives which enabled him to forecast events in real life , and to attribute to his characters in fiction consistent and appropriate action . In describing this as his greatest gift , we ...
Page 349
... character , he desperately seeks to blind them in the blaze of glory which surrounds him as a con- queror . It is a passion which resists counsel and overcomes con- viction ; which leads him to forgive personal insult and wrong , and ...
... character , he desperately seeks to blind them in the blaze of glory which surrounds him as a con- queror . It is a passion which resists counsel and overcomes con- viction ; which leads him to forgive personal insult and wrong , and ...
Page 355
... character , exciting and sustained interest , and finish in detail ; and but for their defects of construction , they would undoubted- ly procure for their author a posi- tion among writers of fiction which only one or two have ...
... character , exciting and sustained interest , and finish in detail ; and but for their defects of construction , they would undoubted- ly procure for their author a posi- tion among writers of fiction which only one or two have ...
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