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Page 167
... sentiments are certainly not what oc- cur to the mind in the first movements of the paffion . In the fame manner as in re- fentment , the first movements of grief are always directed upon its object . Yet with relation to the fudden and ...
... sentiments are certainly not what oc- cur to the mind in the first movements of the paffion . In the fame manner as in re- fentment , the first movements of grief are always directed upon its object . Yet with relation to the fudden and ...
Page 179
... Sentiments too artificial for a ferious paffion . I give for the first example a speech of Piercy expiring : O , Harry , thou haft robb'd me of my growth : I better brook the lofs of brittle life , Than those proud titles thou haft won ...
... Sentiments too artificial for a ferious paffion . I give for the first example a speech of Piercy expiring : O , Harry , thou haft robb'd me of my growth : I better brook the lofs of brittle life , Than those proud titles thou haft won ...
Page 187
Lord Henry Home Kames. If the sentiments of a paffion ought to be fuited to a peculiar character , it is still more neceffary that sentiments devoid of paffion be fuited to the character . In the 5th act of the Drummer , Addison makes ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. If the sentiments of a paffion ought to be fuited to a peculiar character , it is still more neceffary that sentiments devoid of paffion be fuited to the character . In the 5th act of the Drummer , Addison makes ...
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PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
ANAPÆSTUs two fhort and a long | 7 |
PRO | 13 |
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