The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 - English essays |
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Page 11
... passions . " The third contains a contest between two shep- herds , begun with a quarrel of which some particu- lars might well be spared , carried on with spright- liness and elegance , and terminated at last in a rec- onciliation ...
... passions . " The third contains a contest between two shep- herds , begun with a quarrel of which some particu- lars might well be spared , carried on with spright- liness and elegance , and terminated at last in a rec- onciliation ...
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... passion that he feigns ; Enrage , compose , with more than magic art ; With pity and with terror tear my heart : And snatch me , o'er the earth , or through the air , To Thebes , to Athens , when he will , and where . POPE . WRITERS of ...
... passion that he feigns ; Enrage , compose , with more than magic art ; With pity and with terror tear my heart : And snatch me , o'er the earth , or through the air , To Thebes , to Athens , when he will , and where . POPE . WRITERS of ...
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... passion ; and his preservation of the consistency of his characters . ' These excellences , particularly the last , are of so much importance in the drama , that they amply compensate for his transgressions against the rules of time and ...
... passion ; and his preservation of the consistency of his characters . ' These excellences , particularly the last , are of so much importance in the drama , that they amply compensate for his transgressions against the rules of time and ...
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... Passion'd as they , be kindlier moved than thou art ? The poet is a more powerful magician than his own Prospero ; we are transported into fairy land ; we are wrapped in a delicious dream , from which it is misery to be disturbed ; all ...
... Passion'd as they , be kindlier moved than thou art ? The poet is a more powerful magician than his own Prospero ; we are transported into fairy land ; we are wrapped in a delicious dream , from which it is misery to be disturbed ; all ...
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... passions , the virtues and vices of man- kind , have been diversified in different times , only by unessential and casual varieties ; and we must , therefore , expect in the works of all those who at- tempt to describe them , such a ...
... passions , the virtues and vices of man- kind , have been diversified in different times , only by unessential and casual varieties ; and we must , therefore , expect in the works of all those who at- tempt to describe them , such a ...
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