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Page 97
... reader , without producing in it any thing like tumult , or agitation . The critic abovementioned , among the rules which he lays down for succeeding in the sublime way of writing , proposes to his reader , that he should imitate the ...
... reader , without producing in it any thing like tumult , or agitation . The critic abovementioned , among the rules which he lays down for succeeding in the sublime way of writing , proposes to his reader , that he should imitate the ...
Page 198
... reader to regard the mother of mankind with more than ordinary commiseration , they like- wise contain a very fine moral . The resolution of dying to end our miseries , does not shew such a degree of magnanimity as a resolution to bear ...
... reader to regard the mother of mankind with more than ordinary commiseration , they like- wise contain a very fine moral . The resolution of dying to end our miseries , does not shew such a degree of magnanimity as a resolution to bear ...
Page 260
... reader , after having conducted it through many doubts and fears , sorrows and disquietudes , in a state of tranquillity and satisfaction . Milton's fable , which had so many other qualifications to recommend it , was deficient in this ...
... reader , after having conducted it through many doubts and fears , sorrows and disquietudes , in a state of tranquillity and satisfaction . Milton's fable , which had so many other qualifications to recommend it , was deficient in this ...
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