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... follows the logic of the primitive and the unconscious , sympathetic magic , not cause and effect ; and by sympathetic magic , a name creates an affinity and a bond : CINNA I am not Cinna , the conspirator . I 122 THE TRAGIC ENGAGEMENT.
... follows the logic of the primitive and the unconscious , sympathetic magic , not cause and effect ; and by sympathetic magic , a name creates an affinity and a bond : CINNA I am not Cinna , the conspirator . I 122 THE TRAGIC ENGAGEMENT.
Page 124
... by the fear of a threatening retribution , and its main purpose . . . is to exculpate oneself from the responsibility for the kill- ing . • But after this mourning there follows loud festival gaiety 124 THE TRAGIC ENGAGEMENT.
... by the fear of a threatening retribution , and its main purpose . . . is to exculpate oneself from the responsibility for the kill- ing . • But after this mourning there follows loud festival gaiety 124 THE TRAGIC ENGAGEMENT.
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... follows . The higher Nilus swells , The more it promises : as it ebbs , the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain , And shortly comes to harvest . ( II.vii.17-23 ) Its vegetable life is elemental and self - contained ; its ...
... follows . The higher Nilus swells , The more it promises : as it ebbs , the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain , And shortly comes to harvest . ( II.vii.17-23 ) Its vegetable life is elemental and self - contained ; its ...
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