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" His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Miscellaneous pieces - Page 106
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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The Percy Anecdotes ...

Anecdotes - 1839 - 674 pages
...places, uupractised by the rest of the world ; they are not influenced by the peculiarities of studies, or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers,...transient fashions or temporary opinions; they are the gennine progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions,s which can operate but upon small numbers ; or by the...fashions or temporary opinions ; they are the genuine proteeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always find....
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Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Historical drama, English - 1840 - 354 pages
...customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers...transient fashions or temporary opinions ; they are the general progeny of common humanity, such as the world •will always supply, and observation will always...
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William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pages
...by tbe rest of the world , by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but on small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds arc agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...
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Specimen of Printing Types

Henry Caslon - Printing - 1841 - 598 pages
...customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers; or by the accidents of transcient fashions or temporary opinions: they are the genuine progeny of common huniauity, such as...
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Handbook for Readers and Students, Intended as a Help to Individuals ...

Alonzo Potter - Best books - 1843 - 352 pages
...nature, the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as...will always supply, and observation will always find. — Edinb. Enc. 1 vol. 8vo, $3 50, New- York. Burns. As a poet, without accomplishing any work of extensive...
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 pages
...professions, which can operate but on small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporarj opinions : they are the genuine progeny of common...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...
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English Grammar: Style, Rhetoric, and Poetry ; to which are Added ...

Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers, nor, by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 164

Child rearing - 1847 - 346 pages
...the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters a*e the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the...will always supply, and observation will always find. —Edinb. EM. 1 vol. 8vo, $3 50, New- York. Burns. As a poet, without accomplishing any work of extensive...
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Select plays [5 plays], with notes and an intr. to each play and a life of ...

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 pages
...customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers;...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...
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