The Pamphleteer, Volume 7; Volume 12Abraham John Valpy A.J. Valpy, 1818 - Great Britain |
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... fact . Let us then see if our most celebrated comedies ( which are reckoned in some respects masterpieces , ) exactly cor- respond with their In the first place , instead of a real misanthrope , in a comedy of that name , we see an ...
... fact . Let us then see if our most celebrated comedies ( which are reckoned in some respects masterpieces , ) exactly cor- respond with their In the first place , instead of a real misanthrope , in a comedy of that name , we see an ...
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... fact , if setting aside the immorality it promotes , we con- sider our comic system in another point of view , we shall find ( and it was the same with the Greeks and the Romans ) that our light literature , as it abounds in wit is ...
... fact , if setting aside the immorality it promotes , we con- sider our comic system in another point of view , we shall find ( and it was the same with the Greeks and the Romans ) that our light literature , as it abounds in wit is ...
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... facts , and not as arguments of my own invention ; if we are obliged to agree that our dramatic system is in opposition to the principles of social order ; we likewise see that what is most pernicious in this system applies principally ...
... facts , and not as arguments of my own invention ; if we are obliged to agree that our dramatic system is in opposition to the principles of social order ; we likewise see that what is most pernicious in this system applies principally ...
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... facts instead of words void of sense . We have already acknowledged that comedy is neglected among us : the old comedy no longer in- terests us , because it does not correspond with our manners , and for other reasons which have already ...
... facts instead of words void of sense . We have already acknowledged that comedy is neglected among us : the old comedy no longer in- terests us , because it does not correspond with our manners , and for other reasons which have already ...
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... fact , understand Corneille , Racine , and Voltaire ? What are the Misantrope , the Femmes Savantes , the Metromanie , and all productions of this kind to them ? The language in which they are written is not that which they speak . Even ...
... fact , understand Corneille , Racine , and Voltaire ? What are the Misantrope , the Femmes Savantes , the Metromanie , and all productions of this kind to them ? The language in which they are written is not that which they speak . Even ...
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Page 334 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid...
Page 162 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Page 150 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 334 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 439 - Totamque infusa per artus, Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Page 334 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is a minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 123 - I could not be spared, which was true. They have removed the poor Duchess to a lodging in the neighbourhood, where I have been with her two hours, and am just come away. I never saw so melancholy a scene ; for indeed all reasons for real grief belong to her ; nor is it possible for anybody to be a greater loser in all regards. She has moved my very soul.
Page 168 - And we will that if any judgment be given from henceforth, contrary to the points of the Charters aforesaid, by the justices or by any other our ministers that hold plea before them against the points of the Charters, it shall be undone and holden for nought.
Page 4 - The Prince Regent has commanded us to direct your particular attention to the deficiency which has so long existed in the number of places of public worship belonging to the established church, when compared with the increased and increasing population of the country.
Page 310 - Among so many chances of escaping, the needy and hardened offender overlooks the multitude that suffer ; he boldly engages in some desperate attempt, to relieve his wants or supply his vices : and, if unexpectedly the hand of justice overtakes him, he deems himself peculiarly unfortunate, in falling at last a sacrifice to those laws, which long impunity has taught him to contemn.