The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3G. Bell, 1882 |
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... action , gives it its pro- per force and efficacy ; joined to an evil action , extenuates its malignity , and in some cases may take it wholly away ; and joined to an indifferent action , turns it to virtue , and makes it meritorious as ...
... action , gives it its pro- per force and efficacy ; joined to an evil action , extenuates its malignity , and in some cases may take it wholly away ; and joined to an indifferent action , turns it to virtue , and makes it meritorious as ...
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... action which it relates is more or less so . This action should have three qualifications in it . First , it should be but one action . Secondly , it should be an entire action . And thirdly , it should be a great action . To consider the ...
... action which it relates is more or less so . This action should have three qualifications in it . First , it should be but one action . Secondly , it should be an entire action . And thirdly , it should be a great action . To consider the ...
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... action . On the contrary , the poem which we have now under our consideration , hath no other episodes than such as naturally arise from the subject , and yet is filled with such a multitude of astonishing inci- dents , that it gives us ...
... action . On the contrary , the poem which we have now under our consideration , hath no other episodes than such as naturally arise from the subject , and yet is filled with such a multitude of astonishing inci- dents , that it gives us ...
Contents
Use of MottosLove of Latin among the Common PeopleSignature Letters | 1 |
Letter on BashfulnessReflections on Modesty 225 Discretion and Cunning | 109 |
Letter on the Lovers Leap 229 Fragment of Sappho | 115 |
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