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Page 153
... expressed ? The truth is , fuch execution is too delicate for an ordinary genius ; and for that reafon , the bulk of writers , inftead of expressing a paffion like one who is under its power , content themselves with defcribing it like ...
... expressed ? The truth is , fuch execution is too delicate for an ordinary genius ; and for that reafon , the bulk of writers , inftead of expressing a paffion like one who is under its power , content themselves with defcribing it like ...
Page 160
... expressed nearly in the fame manner and therefore the genuine expreffions of paffion cannot be ridiculous in the mouth of any man , provided only he be of such a character as to be susceptible of the paf- fion . It is a well - known ...
... expressed nearly in the fame manner and therefore the genuine expreffions of paffion cannot be ridiculous in the mouth of any man , provided only he be of such a character as to be susceptible of the paf- fion . It is a well - known ...
Page 397
... the action expressed by the verb , is not separable from it even in i- magination . And therefore I muft alfo give up the following lines . And And which it much becomes you to forget " Tis Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 397.
... the action expressed by the verb , is not separable from it even in i- magination . And therefore I muft alfo give up the following lines . And And which it much becomes you to forget " Tis Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 397.
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