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Page 172
... example , the impulfe upon the ground is accurately pro- portioned to the celerity of motion : in ap- pearance pearance it is otherwise ; for a person in fwift 172 Ch . XXI . NARRATION AND Henry the Fifth, too famous to live long! ...
... example , the impulfe upon the ground is accurately pro- portioned to the celerity of motion : in ap- pearance pearance it is otherwise ; for a person in fwift 172 Ch . XXI . NARRATION AND Henry the Fifth, too famous to live long! ...
Page 227
... person who suffers , being inno- cent , is freed from the greatest of all tor- ments , viz . the anguish of mind occafioned by remorse : Poco é funefta Laltrui fortuna , Quando non resta Ragione alcuna Ne di pentirfi , né darroffir ...
... person who suffers , being inno- cent , is freed from the greatest of all tor- ments , viz . the anguish of mind occafioned by remorse : Poco é funefta Laltrui fortuna , Quando non resta Ragione alcuna Ne di pentirfi , né darroffir ...
Page 241
... person of a correct taste . Let me add , that of whatever use such fictions may be to a mean genius , an able writer has much finer materials of Nature's production for eleva- ting his subject , and making it interesting . Boileau , a ...
... person of a correct taste . Let me add , that of whatever use such fictions may be to a mean genius , an able writer has much finer materials of Nature's production for eleva- ting his subject , and making it interesting . Boileau , a ...
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