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... interest , however strongly it may urge a man to the accomplishment of his designs , wants power to excite that noble enthusiasm of mind which is essential to true eloquence . Even suppos- ing this enthusiasm excited in the speaker's ...
... interest , however strongly it may urge a man to the accomplishment of his designs , wants power to excite that noble enthusiasm of mind which is essential to true eloquence . Even suppos- ing this enthusiasm excited in the speaker's ...
Page 241
... interests ; because she knew , or rather she felt , that these are effeminate , creep- ing , cowardly , short - sighted passions , which shrink from conflict , even in defence of their own mean objects . In a righteous cause , she ...
... interests ; because she knew , or rather she felt , that these are effeminate , creep- ing , cowardly , short - sighted passions , which shrink from conflict , even in defence of their own mean objects . In a righteous cause , she ...
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... interest ; —intus et in cute . - Smollett excels most as the lively caricaturist , -Fielding as the exact painter and profound metaphysician . We are far from main- taining , that this account applies uniformly to the pro- ductions of ...
... interest ; —intus et in cute . - Smollett excels most as the lively caricaturist , -Fielding as the exact painter and profound metaphysician . We are far from main- taining , that this account applies uniformly to the pro- ductions of ...
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