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Page 139
... idea of Madame de Staël , it may be proper to advert to the life and character of her parents , particularly of her father , who was the son of a professor of celebrity , at Geneva , in Switzerland . This gentleman may have erred in his ...
... idea of Madame de Staël , it may be proper to advert to the life and character of her parents , particularly of her father , who was the son of a professor of celebrity , at Geneva , in Switzerland . This gentleman may have erred in his ...
Page 159
... idea of the style of this new theatre , Sismondi confines himself to an analysis of Philip II , in which is developed the style of all the other pieces of this author . He censures particularly its catastrophe ; he thinks Alfieri's ...
... idea of the style of this new theatre , Sismondi confines himself to an analysis of Philip II , in which is developed the style of all the other pieces of this author . He censures particularly its catastrophe ; he thinks Alfieri's ...
Page 499
... idea of delivering orations from the rostrum , in the principal cities of the United States , suddenly crossed his imagination . " - p . ix . " So firmly did this idea fasten itself upon his imagination , that , during two nights ...
... idea of delivering orations from the rostrum , in the principal cities of the United States , suddenly crossed his imagination . " - p . ix . " So firmly did this idea fasten itself upon his imagination , that , during two nights ...
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