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Endnotes explained
The endnotes provide citations and acknowledgments, referencing the authors of Rasselas and Eloise as novelists.
What happens
The endnotes provide citations and acknowledgments, referencing the authors of Rasselas and Eloise as novelists.
Key passages
“However superior the capacities in which these great writers deserve to be considered, they must pardon me that, for the dignity of my subject, I here rank the authors of Rasselas and Eloise as Novelists.”
The author acknowledges the high regard for these writers but chooses to classify them as novelists for the sake of the subject's dignity.
This note justifies the classification of esteemed authors as novelists within the context of the work.