American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 - Serial publications |
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Page 18
... passions of the human breast . They originate no virtuous feeling- they lead to no self - examination , no conviction of one's own worthlessness - no desire to improve either the physical or moral condition of one's neighbour : on the ...
... passions of the human breast . They originate no virtuous feeling- they lead to no self - examination , no conviction of one's own worthlessness - no desire to improve either the physical or moral condition of one's neighbour : on the ...
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... passion and feeling doled out and checked by rigid weight and measure . When Cha- teaubriand pronounces Racine more natural than Shakspeare , ( whom , by the by , too , he seems disposed to place below Cor- neille , Molière , and even ...
... passion and feeling doled out and checked by rigid weight and measure . When Cha- teaubriand pronounces Racine more natural than Shakspeare , ( whom , by the by , too , he seems disposed to place below Cor- neille , Molière , and even ...
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... passion , and never to have known love . The last malady of this queen , say the memoirs of her time , proceeded from a grief , the cause of which she ever kept a profound secret . She never evinced an inclination to have recourse to ...
... passion , and never to have known love . The last malady of this queen , say the memoirs of her time , proceeded from a grief , the cause of which she ever kept a profound secret . She never evinced an inclination to have recourse to ...
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... passion and true feeling . He is represented as a sceptic - a sort of abstract , metaphysical- minded man , who sported with the affections as with toys , the trifles of a vacant hour . Hear what the viscount says , after quoting some ...
... passion and true feeling . He is represented as a sceptic - a sort of abstract , metaphysical- minded man , who sported with the affections as with toys , the trifles of a vacant hour . Hear what the viscount says , after quoting some ...
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... passion- ately fond of music and the perfume of flowers . He supped off five or six olives and a little water , retired to rest at nine , and composed at night , in bed . When he had made some verses , he rung , and dictated to his wife ...
... passion- ately fond of music and the perfume of flowers . He supped off five or six olives and a little water , retired to rest at nine , and composed at night , in bed . When he had made some verses , he rung , and dictated to his wife ...
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