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... racter of Margaretta , came forward again this evening ; and , as we expected , evinced additional powers of at- traction . JAN . 26. Theodofius - Scotch Ghoft - Shipwreck . 27. All in the Wrong - Scotch Ghost - My Grandmother . 28 ...
... racter of Margaretta , came forward again this evening ; and , as we expected , evinced additional powers of at- traction . JAN . 26. Theodofius - Scotch Ghoft - Shipwreck . 27. All in the Wrong - Scotch Ghost - My Grandmother . 28 ...
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... racter with all the discoveries of science , verfe him in the history of his race , and thus , giving his under- ftanding full play , by enabling it to cherish or to blast the happiness of men , let us note the exertions of his ambition ...
... racter with all the discoveries of science , verfe him in the history of his race , and thus , giving his under- ftanding full play , by enabling it to cherish or to blast the happiness of men , let us note the exertions of his ambition ...
Page 248
... RACTER ? L OVE , " fays Mr. Burke , in his Effay on the Sublime and Beautiful , " approaches much nearer to contempt than is commonly imagined . ” — There was a time when an affertion like this would have scarcely excited remark ; but ...
... RACTER ? L OVE , " fays Mr. Burke , in his Effay on the Sublime and Beautiful , " approaches much nearer to contempt than is commonly imagined . ” — There was a time when an affertion like this would have scarcely excited remark ; but ...
Page 375
... racter is perpetually producing a difference of argu- ment uncommonly interefting . Many , far many more fcenes are trivial , and , indeed , infupportably dull , par- ticularly thofe relative to Sir Guife Stuart and his party . Mr ...
... racter is perpetually producing a difference of argu- ment uncommonly interefting . Many , far many more fcenes are trivial , and , indeed , infupportably dull , par- ticularly thofe relative to Sir Guife Stuart and his party . Mr ...
Page 416
... racter or conduct , either in their prefence or in their abfence , he does it almost in a rage . He is fo moved and agitated , that the fymptoms of his difpleafure affect his tones and his looks . Thus his remark makes no impreffion ...
... racter or conduct , either in their prefence or in their abfence , he does it almost in a rage . He is fo moved and agitated , that the fymptoms of his difpleafure affect his tones and his looks . Thus his remark makes no impreffion ...
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