Boldrewood
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Boldrewood claims that in his writings he has always upheld the Australian character.
From Australian Writers by Desmond Byrne
Boldrewood seems to have shrewdly agreed with the dictum of Turpin, that it is necessary for a highwayman, at all events a captain of highwaymen, to be a gentleman.
From Australian Writers by Desmond Byrne
GRAPHIC—"That Mr. Boldrewood knows his subject through and through is as certain as his picture of the breaking-out of the first gold fever in Australia is the best ever written."
From Khaled, A Tale of Arabia by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Rolf Boldrewood, after the publication of her first three books, hailed her as the ‘Australian George Eliot,’ and the title is certainly more fitting than the praise implied by the other comparison.
From Australian Writers by Desmond Byrne
If Boldrewood had not himself realized the literary value of the stirring scenes in which his youth was passed, this summary of the English novelist, published in 1856, might well have suggested it to him.
From Australian Writers by Desmond Byrne
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