Delphine, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1803 |
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Page x
... possessed no works of the kind we call novels . The country then absorbed all minds , and women did not enjoy so general an influence in so- ciety as to render it necessary for men to study all the delicate shades of love . The romances ...
... possessed no works of the kind we call novels . The country then absorbed all minds , and women did not enjoy so general an influence in so- ciety as to render it necessary for men to study all the delicate shades of love . The romances ...
Page xi
... possess novels distinguished by their profound truth and exquisite sensibility : but an improper estimate is formed of Ger- man literature among us , or , to speak more properly , the small number of well in- formed persons who are ...
... possess novels distinguished by their profound truth and exquisite sensibility : but an improper estimate is formed of Ger- man literature among us , or , to speak more properly , the small number of well in- formed persons who are ...
Page xii
... possess instructs us very completely as to what we ought to avoid , but inspires us with nothing new ; while , by reading the productions of a people whose manner of thinking differs so much from that of the French , the mind is excited ...
... possess instructs us very completely as to what we ought to avoid , but inspires us with nothing new ; while , by reading the productions of a people whose manner of thinking differs so much from that of the French , the mind is excited ...
Page xiii
... possess , may be happily ex- plored by men of taste and talent ; the ore . of the mines can be rendered useful in all nations , but when coined it becomes pro- per to one only .. We are not indebted for Zaire to Phedre , but to Othello ...
... possess , may be happily ex- plored by men of taste and talent ; the ore . of the mines can be rendered useful in all nations , but when coined it becomes pro- per to one only .. We are not indebted for Zaire to Phedre , but to Othello ...
Page xv
... possessed the dignity of true talent ; and they sought for and disclosed truths which were concealed by the clouds of their own times . The love of liberty glowed in the old blood of Corneille . In Telemachus , Fenelon gave severe ...
... possessed the dignity of true talent ; and they sought for and disclosed truths which were concealed by the clouds of their own times . The love of liberty glowed in the old blood of Corneille . In Telemachus , Fenelon gave severe ...
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