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The sumptuous prettiness of the furniture and ornaments picture frames encasing mystic and thought-evoking subjects, books disposed here and there, delicate embroidery, the work of her fingers in short, the hundred and one dainty knick-knacks pleasing to the eye seemed to reflect the bright, beautiful personality of Lilith; for, indeed, the arrangement and disposal of them was almost entirely her own.
And although we may share Boswell's feeling that Johnson estimated the compositions of Richardson too highly and that he had an unreasonable prejudice against Fielding since he was a man of magnificent biases yet we may grant that the critic-god made a sound distinction here, that Fielding's method is inevitably more external and shallow than that of an analyst proper like Richardson; no doubt to the great joy of many weary folk who go to novels for the rest and refreshment they give, rather than for their thought-evoking value.
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