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" But love is only one of many passions, and as it has no great influence upon the sum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew, that any other... "
The Falls of Clyde: Or, The Fairies; a Scotish Dramatic Pastoral, in Five ... - Page 36
by John Black - 1806 - 241 pages
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 33

Books - 1765 - 600 pages
...language is depraved. But Jove is only one of many paflions, and as it has no great influence upon the fum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only What he faw before him. He knew, that any other paffion, as it...
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The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal

Several Hands - 1765 - 624 pages
...language is depraved. But Jove is only one of many paflions, and as it hjis no great influence upen the fum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he fav/ before him. He knew, that any other paffion, as it...
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Mr. Johnson's Preface to His Edition of Shakespear's Plays..

Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...language is depraved. But love is only one of many paflions, and as it has no great influence upon the fum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he faw before him. He knew, that any other paflion, as it...
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Annual Register, Volume 8

Edmund Burke - History - 1765 - 710 pages
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The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...language is depraved. But love is only one of many paflions, and as it has no great influence! upon the fum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he fiw before him. He knew, that any other paffion, as it...
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Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...language is depraved. But love is only one of many pafiions, and as it has no great influence upon the fum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he faw before him. He knew, that any other pafiion, as it...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Language is depraved. But Love is only one of many Paffions, and as it has no great Influence upon the Sum of Life, it has little Operation in the Dramas of a . Poet, who caught his Ideas from the living World, and exhibited only what- he faw before him. He H a knew knew that any other Paffion,...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Language is depraved. But Love is only one of many Paffions, and as it has no great Influence upon the Sum of Life, it has little Operation in the Dramas of a Poet, who caught his Ideas from the living "World, and exhibited only what he faw before him. He H a knew kflew that any other Paffion,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The ...

William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...language is depraved. But love is only one of many paffions, and as it has no great influence upon the fum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, jand exhibited only what he faw before him. He Iknew, that any other pafiion, as...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...language is depraved. But Cove is only one of many pailions ; and as it has no great influence upon the fum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his • ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he faw before him. lie knew that any other pafTion, as it...
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