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He had an intense feeling and command over the impressions of sense , of habit , of character , and passion , the serious and the comic , in a word , of nature , as it fell within his own observation , or came within the sphere of his ...
He had an intense feeling and command over the impressions of sense , of habit , of character , and passion , the serious and the comic , in a word , of nature , as it fell within his own observation , or came within the sphere of his ...
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... and acting according to nature , that is , according to the impression of given circumstances on the passions and ... and boldness in the execution ; that is , it is the dramatic representation of nature and passion emancipated from ...
... and acting according to nature , that is , according to the impression of given circumstances on the passions and ... and boldness in the execution ; that is , it is the dramatic representation of nature and passion emancipated from ...
Page 352
tragedy is to represent the soul utterly subdued as it were , or at least convulsed and overthrown by passion or misfortune . That of the ancients was to shew how the greatest crimes could be perpetrated with the least remorse , and the ...
tragedy is to represent the soul utterly subdued as it were , or at least convulsed and overthrown by passion or misfortune . That of the ancients was to shew how the greatest crimes could be perpetrated with the least remorse , and the ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6 The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Percival Presland Howe |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Editors | Percival Presland Howe, Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover |
| Compiled by | James Thornton |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2009 |
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