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... seemed to strike him , so painfully that he burst into tears . Often his audiences would do so too , thoroughly shaken by the clash of emotions , their horror at the malice and rancour of the curse suddenly reversed by a devastating ...
... seemed to strike him , so painfully that he burst into tears . Often his audiences would do so too , thoroughly shaken by the clash of emotions , their horror at the malice and rancour of the curse suddenly reversed by a devastating ...
Page 26
... seemed to be of great artistic interest . Neither the religious horror of the curse nor the feeble pathos of the prison scene seized the imagination as strongly . Romantic sensibility alleged the supremacy of the unfettered imagination ...
... seemed to be of great artistic interest . Neither the religious horror of the curse nor the feeble pathos of the prison scene seized the imagination as strongly . Romantic sensibility alleged the supremacy of the unfettered imagination ...
Page 63
... seemed ' remote on his high throne ' , ' like an imposing figure by Michael Angelo or Blake , venerable and benign ' ( Byrne , p . 192 ) . His costume was a voluminous , druid - like white robe , but with no crown . Scofield ...
... seemed ' remote on his high throne ' , ' like an imposing figure by Michael Angelo or Blake , venerable and benign ' ( Byrne , p . 192 ) . His costume was a voluminous , druid - like white robe , but with no crown . Scofield ...
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