The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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Page 5
... natural- ly included . The candid reader will be able to solve the paradox , when it is intimated at what different periods of life these differ- ent pieces were written . The dates , if they were regularly pre- served , would explain ...
... natural- ly included . The candid reader will be able to solve the paradox , when it is intimated at what different periods of life these differ- ent pieces were written . The dates , if they were regularly pre- served , would explain ...
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... nature itself were so reformed as to render the amusements of a perfectly purified stage palatable . If the sentiments and pas- sions exhibited were no longer accommodated to the sentiments and passions of the audience , corrupt nature ...
... nature itself were so reformed as to render the amusements of a perfectly purified stage palatable . If the sentiments and pas- sions exhibited were no longer accommodated to the sentiments and passions of the audience , corrupt nature ...
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... nature ; namely , that there will , generally speaking , still remain , even in tragedies , otherwise the most unexceptionable , provided they are sufficiently impassioned to produce a powerful effect on the feelings , and have spirit ...
... nature ; namely , that there will , generally speaking , still remain , even in tragedies , otherwise the most unexceptionable , provided they are sufficiently impassioned to produce a powerful effect on the feelings , and have spirit ...
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... nature of the human heart , will deny how much more deep and lasting will be the impression likely to be made by a far more frequent attendance at those places , where sentiments of a direct contrary tendency are exhibited ; exhibited ...
... nature of the human heart , will deny how much more deep and lasting will be the impression likely to be made by a far more frequent attendance at those places , where sentiments of a direct contrary tendency are exhibited ; exhibited ...
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... natural con- formity to his own stoical principles ; -if , I say , under all these palliating circumstances , the ingenious sophistry by which the poet VOL . V. 2 was driven to mitigate the crime of suicide , in PREFACE . 13.
... natural con- formity to his own stoical principles ; -if , I say , under all these palliating circumstances , the ingenious sophistry by which the poet VOL . V. 2 was driven to mitigate the crime of suicide , in PREFACE . 13.
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