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Page 70
... Sentimental journey , Macpherson's Ossian , & c . these are the glorious models after which I endeavour to form my conduct , and ' tis incongruous , ' tis absurd to suppose that the man whose mind glows with sentiments lighted up at ...
... Sentimental journey , Macpherson's Ossian , & c . these are the glorious models after which I endeavour to form my conduct , and ' tis incongruous , ' tis absurd to suppose that the man whose mind glows with sentiments lighted up at ...
Page 149
... sentimental , genteel audience . That audience appreci- ated the exhibition Burns prepared for them ; Henry Mackenzie men- tioned the poem as an ' advantageous ' example ' of the tender and the moral ' , and The English Review of ...
... sentimental , genteel audience . That audience appreci- ated the exhibition Burns prepared for them ; Henry Mackenzie men- tioned the poem as an ' advantageous ' example ' of the tender and the moral ' , and The English Review of ...
Page 164
... sentimental projection of himself and continues in an orgy of sentimentality : All hail ye tender feelings dear ! The smile of love , the friendly tear , The sympathetic glow .... We have seen this sort of thing before , and we know ...
... sentimental projection of himself and continues in an orgy of sentimentality : All hail ye tender feelings dear ! The smile of love , the friendly tear , The sympathetic glow .... We have seen this sort of thing before , and we know ...
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