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... strong fetters fixed and motionless . " To reverse the rod , to spell the charm back- ward , to break the ties which bound a stupe- hed people to the seat of enchantment , was the noble aim of Milton . To this all his public conduct was ...
... strong fetters fixed and motionless . " To reverse the rod , to spell the charm back- ward , to break the ties which bound a stupe- hed people to the seat of enchantment , was the noble aim of Milton . To this all his public conduct was ...
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... strong and dark , but not revenge eat into his heart : yet every look is a frowning ; eyes of which the calm full gaze , cordial smile , every gesture a familiar caress . while it expresses nothing , seems to discern He never excites ...
... strong and dark , but not revenge eat into his heart : yet every look is a frowning ; eyes of which the calm full gaze , cordial smile , every gesture a familiar caress . while it expresses nothing , seems to discern He never excites ...
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... strong feeling ; it takes every character , and retains none ; its aspect is diversified , not by passions , but by faint and transitory semblances of passion , a mock joy , a mock fear , a mock love , a mock pride , which chase each ...
... strong feeling ; it takes every character , and retains none ; its aspect is diversified , not by passions , but by faint and transitory semblances of passion , a mock joy , a mock fear , a mock love , a mock pride , which chase each ...
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... strong as in people in- capable of reasoning - savages , children , mad- men , and dreamers ; but for the purpose of en- abling the artist to communicate his concep- tions to others . In a barbarous age the imagination exercises a ...
... strong as in people in- capable of reasoning - savages , children , mad- men , and dreamers ; but for the purpose of en- abling the artist to communicate his concep- tions to others . In a barbarous age the imagination exercises a ...
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... strong as death , and jealousy , cruel as the grave . The brave and loyal subject passes , step by step , to the extremities of hu- man depravity . We trace his progress from the first dawnings of unlawful ambition , to the cynical ...
... strong as death , and jealousy , cruel as the grave . The brave and loyal subject passes , step by step , to the extremities of hu- man depravity . We trace his progress from the first dawnings of unlawful ambition , to the cynical ...
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