“The” Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, J. Johnson, R. Baldwin, 1805 |
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... speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated , and the whole system of life is con- tinued in motion . In the writings of other poets a charac- ter is too often an individual ; in those ...
... speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated , and the whole system of life is con- tinued in motion . In the writings of other poets a charac- ter is too often an individual ; in those ...
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... speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion : even where the agency is super - natural , the dialogue is level with life . Other writers disguise the most natural passions and most ...
... speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion : even where the agency is super - natural , the dialogue is level with life . Other writers disguise the most natural passions and most ...
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... speak only to be under- stood , without ambition of elegance . The polite are always catching modish innovations , and the learned depart from established forms of speech , in hope of finding or making better ; those who wish for ...
... speak only to be under- stood , without ambition of elegance . The polite are always catching modish innovations , and the learned depart from established forms of speech , in hope of finding or making better ; those who wish for ...
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... speak . Respect is due to high place , tenderness to living reputation , and vene- ration to genius and learning ; but he cannot be justly offended at that liberty of which he has himself so fre- quently given an example , nor very ...
... speak . Respect is due to high place , tenderness to living reputation , and vene- ration to genius and learning ; but he cannot be justly offended at that liberty of which he has himself so fre- quently given an example , nor very ...
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... speaking al- legorical personages properly and characteristically habited , they naturally led the way to those personifications by which Moralities were distinguished from the simpler religious dramas called Mysteries . We must not ...
... speaking al- legorical personages properly and characteristically habited , they naturally led the way to those personifications by which Moralities were distinguished from the simpler religious dramas called Mysteries . We must not ...
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