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Page 13
... passions of the reader , and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents . The implex fable is therefore of two kinds ; in the first , the chief actor makes his way through a long series of dangers and difficulties , until he ...
... passions of the reader , and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents . The implex fable is therefore of two kinds ; in the first , the chief actor makes his way through a long series of dangers and difficulties , until he ...
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... passion as to fall into observable fondness . This method , in each case , would save appearances ; but as those who offend on the fond side are by much the fewer , I would have you begin with them , and go on to take notice of a most ...
... passion as to fall into observable fondness . This method , in each case , would save appearances ; but as those who offend on the fond side are by much the fewer , I would have you begin with them , and go on to take notice of a most ...
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... passions only pleased her , as they gave her opportunities of playing the tyrant . She then contracted that awful cast of the eye and forbidding frown , which she has not yet laid aside , and has still all the insolence of beauty ...
... passions only pleased her , as they gave her opportunities of playing the tyrant . She then contracted that awful cast of the eye and forbidding frown , which she has not yet laid aside , and has still all the insolence of beauty ...
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... dream which seems too extraordinary to be without a meaning . x I am , MADAM , With the greatest passion , Your most obedient , Most humble servant , & c . * No. 302 . FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 15 , 1711-12 . NO . 301 . THE SPECTATOR . 37.
... dream which seems too extraordinary to be without a meaning . x I am , MADAM , With the greatest passion , Your most obedient , Most humble servant , & c . * No. 302 . FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 15 , 1711-12 . NO . 301 . THE SPECTATOR . 37.
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... passions of mankind do undeservedly pass under the name of Religion ; which is thus made to express itself in action , according to the nature of the constitution in which it resides : so that were we to make a judgment from appearances ...
... passions of mankind do undeservedly pass under the name of Religion ; which is thus made to express itself in action , according to the nature of the constitution in which it resides : so that were we to make a judgment from appearances ...
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