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Page 369
... Human love , that now refines and ennobles the foul , would never rife beyond the brutal ap- petite . Happinefs would be cheaply attained , and we fhould never be uneafy , but when in actual diftrefs . But then our happiness would be ...
... Human love , that now refines and ennobles the foul , would never rife beyond the brutal ap- petite . Happinefs would be cheaply attained , and we fhould never be uneafy , but when in actual diftrefs . But then our happiness would be ...
Page 386
... human fpirit was surprised to hear the divine voice of poetry raised so high ; it was • furprised to fee its unutterable fenti- ments fixed upon marble , and a gran- deur difclofed in the different provinces of genius by far fuperior to ...
... human fpirit was surprised to hear the divine voice of poetry raised so high ; it was • furprised to fee its unutterable fenti- ments fixed upon marble , and a gran- deur difclofed in the different provinces of genius by far fuperior to ...
Page 401
... human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shake- fpeare has no heroes ; his fcenes are oc- cupied only by men , who act and fpeak as the reader thinks that he fhould himfelf have fpoken or acted on the ...
... human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shake- fpeare has no heroes ; his fcenes are oc- cupied only by men , who act and fpeak as the reader thinks that he fhould himfelf have fpoken or acted on the ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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