Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author |
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Page 34
... hearts rebels to the dis- / cipline under which they are placed . The instruc- tor draws one way , and the pupil another . The object of the latter is to find out how he may escape censure and punishment with the smallest expence of ...
... hearts rebels to the dis- / cipline under which they are placed . The instruc- tor draws one way , and the pupil another . The object of the latter is to find out how he may escape censure and punishment with the smallest expence of ...
Page 35
... heart . The emotion can with difficulty be done justice to , that a man feels , who is conscious that he is breathing his true element , that every stroke that he strikes will have D 2 11. ] OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS . 35.
... heart . The emotion can with difficulty be done justice to , that a man feels , who is conscious that he is breathing his true element , that every stroke that he strikes will have D 2 11. ] OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS . 35.
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... hearts dance within us with a re- sponsive sportiveness . We are astonished however that the formal pedant has acquitted himself of his uncongenial task with so great a display of intellec- tual wealth ; and , though he has not ...
... hearts dance within us with a re- sponsive sportiveness . We are astonished however that the formal pedant has acquitted himself of his uncongenial task with so great a display of intellec- tual wealth ; and , though he has not ...
Page 85
... of the play is a continued tirade of bombast and sounding nonsense , without one real sentiment , one just reflection , or one strong emotion working from the heart , and analysing the nature of man Iv . ] 85 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PRODUCTIONS .
... of the play is a continued tirade of bombast and sounding nonsense , without one real sentiment , one just reflection , or one strong emotion working from the heart , and analysing the nature of man Iv . ] 85 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PRODUCTIONS .
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... heart , which render the master - pieces of Shakespear a property for all na- tions and all times . While Shakespear was partly forgotten , it con- tinued to be totally unknown that he had contem- poraries as inexpressibly superior to ...
... heart , which render the master - pieces of Shakespear a property for all na- tions and all times . While Shakespear was partly forgotten , it con- tinued to be totally unknown that he had contem- poraries as inexpressibly superior to ...
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