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" The comic part of the character I might be equal to, but not the good, the enthusiastic, the literary. Such a man's conversation must at times be on subjects of science and philosophy, of which I know nothing ; or at least be occasionally abundant in... "
Littell's Living Age - Page 33
1870
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Books and Their Writers

Stuart Petre Brodie Mais - 1920 - 356 pages
...the enthusiastic, the literary. Such a man's conversation must at times be on subjects of science — philosophy, of which I know nothing ; or at least...allusions which a woman, who, like me, knows only her mother tongue, and has read little in that, would be totally without the power of giving. A classical...
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Essays on Books

William Lyon Phelps - 1922 - 342 pages
...character I might be equal to, but not the good, the enthusiastic, the literary. Such a man's conversation must at times be on subjects of science, and philosophy,...that, would be totally without the power of giving. A classical education, or at any rate a very extensive acquaintance with English literature, ancient...
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Comic Faith: The Great Tradition from Austen to Joyce

Robert M. Polhemus - 1982 - 408 pages
...undertone of an indictment of a system that kept her in comparative ignorance: Such a man's conversation must at times be on subjects of science and philosophy,...me, knows only her own mother tongue, and has read very little in that, would be totally without the power of giving. A classical education, or at any...
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Jane Austen: Women, Politics, and the Novel

Claudia L. Johnson - 1988 - 212 pages
...character I might be equal to, but not the good, the enthusiastic, the literary. Such a man's conversation must at times be on subjects of science and philosophy,...me, knows only her own mother tongue, and has read very little in that, would be totally without the power of giving. A classical education, or at any...
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Jane Austen's Art of Memory

Jocelyn Harris - 2003 - 288 pages
...very patently himself, and she, who had probably mastered Locke, replied, 'such a man's conversation must at times be on subjects of science and philosophy, of which 1 know nothing'. She adds demurely that such a man should 'at least be occasionally abundant in quotations...
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Jane Austen: Real and Imagined Worlds

Oliver MacDonagh - 1991 - 212 pages
...Clarke that a clergyman such as he had proposed to her for a character must at times [converse] on the subjects of science and philosophy, of which I know...me, knows only her own mother tongue, and has read very little in that, would be totally without the power of giving. ... I think I may boast myself to...
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Jane Austen the Woman: Some Biographical Insights

George Holbert Tucker - 1995 - 296 pages
...character I might be equal to, but not the good, the enthusiastic, the literary. Such a man's conversation must at times be on subjects of science and philosophy, of which I know nothmg; or at least be occasionally abundant in quotations and allusions which a woman who, like me,...
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The Moral of the Story: Literature and Public Ethics

Henry T. Edmondson - 2000 - 276 pages
...character I might be equal to, but not the good, the enthusiastic, the literary. Such a man's conversation must at times be on subjects of science and philosophy, of which I know nothing; or at least occasionally abundant in quotations and allusions which a woman, who like me, knows only her mother...
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Jane Austen and the Clergy

Irene Collins - 1994 - 276 pages
...character I might be equal to, but not the good, the enthusiastic, the literary. Such a man's conversation must at times be on subjects of science and philosophy, of which I know nothing; or at least must be occasionally abundant in quotations and allusions which a woman who, like me, knows only her...
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The Talk in Jane Austen

Jane Austen Society of North America - 2002 - 304 pages
...Enthusiastic, the Literary. Such a Man's Conversation must at times be on the subjects of Science & Philosophy of which I know nothing — or at least be occasionally abundant in quotations & allusions which a Woman, who like me, knows only her Mothertongue & has read very little in that,...
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