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Word: quakerish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...revealed his method of literary composition when he was having the greatest difficulty in phrasing the narrative to suit him. From Whittier came the manuscript of several poems, together with a letter suggesting that one of them is of a class of poems of mine which are rather un-Quakerish.' Thackeray is represented by a bit of the 'Roundabout Papers,' Sydney Smith by his 'Letter to the Pennsylvanians' who had repudiated a state loan, and George Eliot by 'Agatha.' Charles Reade's first draft of 'The Box Tunnel' is accompanied by two letters, expressing his appreciation of the fact that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIELDS BEQUEST GAVE FAMOUS OLD WORKS TO TREASURE ROOM | 1/21/1916 | See Source »

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