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... societies are esteemed the most pre- VOL . I We have attempted to show that , as know . itself , the imitative arts decay . We should , therefore , expect that the corruption of poetry would commence in the educated classes of society ...
... societies are esteemed the most pre- VOL . I We have attempted to show that , as know . itself , the imitative arts decay . We should , therefore , expect that the corruption of poetry would commence in the educated classes of society ...
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... society , and who , at the end of the fifth act , marry and live very happily ever after . The sensuality , baseness , and malice of their na- tures are unredeemed by any quality of a differ- ent description , by any touch of kindness ...
... society , and who , at the end of the fifth act , marry and live very happily ever after . The sensuality , baseness , and malice of their na- tures are unredeemed by any quality of a differ- ent description , by any touch of kindness ...
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... society which would have enraptured the Cathos and Made- lon of Molière , in society for which Oroon- dates would have too little of the lover , Clelia too much of the coquette . As Dryden was unable to render his plays interesting by ...
... society which would have enraptured the Cathos and Made- lon of Molière , in society for which Oroon- dates would have too little of the lover , Clelia too much of the coquette . As Dryden was unable to render his plays interesting by ...
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... societies ; and that , the causeless tears and laughter , are disgust- in large empires , though they may be forced ing ... society , though a natural , and , under sirous to find restraints which might curb the passions of the multitude ...
... societies ; and that , the causeless tears and laughter , are disgust- in large empires , though they may be forced ing ... society , though a natural , and , under sirous to find restraints which might curb the passions of the multitude ...
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... society , on government , as it had existed in a particu- lar corner of the world , many just observations were made ; but of man as man , or government as government , little was known . Philosophy remained stationary . Slight changes ...
... society , on government , as it had existed in a particu- lar corner of the world , many just observations were made ; but of man as man , or government as government , little was known . Philosophy remained stationary . Slight changes ...
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