The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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Page 5
... common , but , as I must now think , delusive and groundless hope , that the stage , under certain regulations , might be converted into a school of virtue ; and thus , like many others , inferred , by a seemingly reasonable conclusion ...
... common , but , as I must now think , delusive and groundless hope , that the stage , under certain regulations , might be converted into a school of virtue ; and thus , like many others , inferred , by a seemingly reasonable conclusion ...
Page 7
... common sense would be equally revolted , I return to the existing state of things . * I have never perused any of those treatises , excellent as some of them are said to be , which pious divines have written against the pernicious ...
... common sense would be equally revolted , I return to the existing state of things . * I have never perused any of those treatises , excellent as some of them are said to be , which pious divines have written against the pernicious ...
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... common herd of dramatists and nov- elists . To his acute and sagacious mind every varied position of the human heart , every shade of discrimination in the human character , all the minuter delicacies , all the exquisite touches , all ...
... common herd of dramatists and nov- elists . To his acute and sagacious mind every varied position of the human heart , every shade of discrimination in the human character , all the minuter delicacies , all the exquisite touches , all ...
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... common with other dramatic poets ? For who will deny that all the excellences we have ascribed to him are debased by passages of offensive grossness ? are tarnished with indelicacy , false taste , and vulgarity ? This is not the place ...
... common with other dramatic poets ? For who will deny that all the excellences we have ascribed to him are debased by passages of offensive grossness ? are tarnished with indelicacy , false taste , and vulgarity ? This is not the place ...
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... To close these failing eyes ; but , O my countrymen ! Check their vain hopes , and show aspiring Afric That heroes are the common growth of Rome . Man . Unequalled fortitude . Pub . O fatal virtue ! Ham . What do 34 THE INFLEXIBLE CAPTIVE .
... To close these failing eyes ; but , O my countrymen ! Check their vain hopes , and show aspiring Afric That heroes are the common growth of Rome . Man . Unequalled fortitude . Pub . O fatal virtue ! Ham . What do 34 THE INFLEXIBLE CAPTIVE .
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