Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I(-II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... character and beha- viour . To the man who has acquired a tafte fo acute and accomplished , every action wrong or improper mufl be highly difguftful : if , in any infance , the overbearing power of paffion fway him from his duty , he ...
... character and beha- viour . To the man who has acquired a tafte fo acute and accomplished , every action wrong or improper mufl be highly difguftful : if , in any infance , the overbearing power of paffion fway him from his duty , he ...
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... character : I fee one delivering a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what intention the money is given ; if it be given to discharge a debt , the action pleases me in a flight degree ...
... character : I fee one delivering a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what intention the money is given ; if it be given to discharge a debt , the action pleases me in a flight degree ...
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... characters with every vice in fashion , however grofs . But , as fuch characters viewed in a true light would be ... character . What woman tinctured with the playhouse - morals , would not be the fprightly , the witty , though ...
... characters with every vice in fashion , however grofs . But , as fuch characters viewed in a true light would be ... character . What woman tinctured with the playhouse - morals , would not be the fprightly , the witty , though ...
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... character . It would grieve me to think fo ; and the di rect contrary is exemplified in the Merry Wives of Wind- for , where we are highly entertained with the conduct of two ladies , not more remarkable for mirth and fpirit than for ...
... character . It would grieve me to think fo ; and the di rect contrary is exemplified in the Merry Wives of Wind- for , where we are highly entertained with the conduct of two ladies , not more remarkable for mirth and fpirit than for ...
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... character , which difpof- eth him to great and noble actions : and herein chief- ly confifts the extreme delight every one hath in the hiftories of conquerors and heroes . This fingular feeling , which may be termed the fyn- pathetic ...
... character , which difpof- eth him to great and noble actions : and herein chief- ly confifts the extreme delight every one hath in the hiftories of conquerors and heroes . This fingular feeling , which may be termed the fyn- pathetic ...
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