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" It is said this sentence was received with an universal applause. There cannot be a greater argument of the general good understanding of a people, than a sudden consent to give their approbation of a sentiment which has no emotion in it. If it were spoken... "
The Comedies of Terence - Page 473
by Terence - 1810 - 548 pages
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...the Sect. I. The obscunty....Part III. From an uncertain reference in pronouns, &c. same exception: " If it were spoken with never so " great skill in the...people elegant and skilful in observations upon it*." To the preceding examples I shall add one, wherein the adverb when, by being used in the same manner,...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...skill in the actor, the manner of uftering that sentence could have nothing in it which could strike but people of the greatest humanity, nay people elegant and skilful in observations upon ih It is possible he might have laid his hand on his breast, and, with a winning insinuation in his...
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Select British Classics, Volume 17

English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...consent io give their approbation of a sentence which has no emotion in it. If it were spoken with ever so great skill in the actor, the manner of uttering...that he was a man who made his case his own ; yet I will engage a player in CoventGarden might hit such an attitude a thousand times before he would...
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The British Essayists;: Guardian

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 358 pages
...that can arrive at man.' It is said this sentence was received with universal applause. There cannot be a greater argument of the general good understanding...people elegant and skilful in observations upon it. It i* possible he might have laid his hand on his breast, and with a winning insinuation in his countenance,...
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The British Essayists, Volume 13

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 342 pages
...skill in the actor, the manner of uttering that sentence could have nothing in it which could strike but people of the greatest humanity, nay people elegant...neighbour that he was a man who made his case his own; yet I will engage a player in Covent-garden might hit such an attitude a thousand times before he would...
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The Spectator, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 314 pages
...skill in the actor, the manner of uttering that sentence could have nothing in it which could strike but people of the greatest humanity, nay people elegant...that he •was a man who made his case his own ; yet I will engage a player in Covent-garden might hit such an attitude a thousand times before he would...
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The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The Guardian

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...the actor, the manner of uttering that sentence could have nothing in it which could strike anyjbut people of the greatest humanity, nay people elegant...that he was a man who made his case his own ; yet I will engage a player in Covent-garden might hit such an attitude a thousand times before ho would...
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The Spectator, Volume 8

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 348 pages
...consent to give their approbation of a sentiment which has no emotion in it. If it were spoken with ever so great • skill in the actor, the manner of uttering...possible he might have laid his hand on his breast, and, \vith a winning insinuation in his countenance, expressed to his neighbor that he was a man who made...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 310 pages
...man ; and all calamities, That touch humanity, come home to nn-. COLMAV. sal applause. There cannot be a greater argument of the general good understanding...that he was a man who made his case his own ; yet I will engage a player in Covent-garden might hit such an attitude a thousand times before he would...
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The Guardian: A New Edition, Carefully Revised, in Two Volumes ..., Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 508 pages
...that can arrive at man.' It is said this sentence was received with universal applause. There cannot be a greater argument of the general good understanding...that he was a man who made his case his own ; yet I will engage a player in Covent-garden might hit such an attitude a thousand times before he would...
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