Elements of Criticism, Volume 1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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... character and behaviour . To the man who has acquired a tafte fo acute and accom- plished , every action wrong or improper must be highly disgustful : if , in any instance , the over- bearing power of paffion fway him from his du- ty ...
... character and behaviour . To the man who has acquired a tafte fo acute and accom- plished , every action wrong or improper must be highly disgustful : if , in any instance , the over- bearing power of paffion fway him from his du- ty ...
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... character : I fee one delivering a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what in- tention the money is given if it be given to discharge a debt , the action pleases me in a flight degree ...
... character : I fee one delivering a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what in- tention the money is given if it be given to discharge a debt , the action pleases me in a flight degree ...
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... characters with every vice in fashion , however grofs . But , as fuch charac- ters viewed in a true light would be disgustful ... character . What What woman tinctured with the playhouse - mo- rals , 56 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch . II .
... characters with every vice in fashion , however grofs . But , as fuch charac- ters viewed in a true light would be disgustful ... character . What What woman tinctured with the playhouse - mo- rals , 56 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch . II .
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... character . It would grieve me to think fo ; and the direct contrary is exemplified in the Merry Wives of Windfor , where we are highly entertained with the conduct of two ladies , not more remarkable for mirth and spirit than for the ...
... character . It would grieve me to think fo ; and the direct contrary is exemplified in the Merry Wives of Windfor , where we are highly entertained with the conduct of two ladies , not more remarkable for mirth and spirit than for the ...
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... character , which difpofeth him to great and noble actions : and herein chiefly confifts the extreme delight every one hath in the hiftories of conquerors and heroes . This fingular feeling , which may be termed the fympathetic emotion ...
... character , which difpofeth him to great and noble actions : and herein chiefly confifts the extreme delight every one hath in the hiftories of conquerors and heroes . This fingular feeling , which may be termed the fympathetic emotion ...
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