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Longinus * tells us , that the most infallible test of the true sublime , is the impression a performance makes upon our minds when read or recited .
Longinus * tells us , that the most infallible test of the true sublime , is the impression a performance makes upon our minds when read or recited .
Page xvi
... no ordinary facility in the classic language of Rome ; and , when Jonson said he had less Greek , ' had it been true that he had none , it would have ...
... no ordinary facility in the classic language of Rome ; and , when Jonson said he had less Greek , ' had it been true that he had none , it would have ...
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The above relation , if it be true , presents us with a most unfavorable picture of the manners and morals prevalent among the youth of Warwickshire ...
The above relation , if it be true , presents us with a most unfavorable picture of the manners and morals prevalent among the youth of Warwickshire ...
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He had not yet discovered ( and it was he who eventually made the discovery ) , that the true language of nature and of passion is that which passes most ...
He had not yet discovered ( and it was he who eventually made the discovery ) , that the true language of nature and of passion is that which passes most ...
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It is true that it was omitted by Heminge and Condell , in their collection of our poet's works ; but this may have proceeded from forgetfulness , and it ...
It is true that it was omitted by Heminge and Condell , in their collection of our poet's works ; but this may have proceeded from forgetfulness , and it ...
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| Title | The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Compiled by | William Dodd |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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