Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at the Surrey InstitutionJ. Warren, 1821 - 356 Seiten |
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... persons reasoning on a given sub- ject , truth has at last been hit upon , and long- established error exploded ; yet this does not ap- ply to cases of individual power and knowledge , to a million of things beside , in which we are ...
... persons reasoning on a given sub- ject , truth has at last been hit upon , and long- established error exploded ; yet this does not ap- ply to cases of individual power and knowledge , to a million of things beside , in which we are ...
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... persons who , being sceptics as to the divine mission of Christ , have taken an unaccountable prejudice to his doctrines , and have been disposed to deny the merit of his cha- racter ; but this was not the feeling of the great men in ...
... persons who , being sceptics as to the divine mission of Christ , have taken an unaccountable prejudice to his doctrines , and have been disposed to deny the merit of his cha- racter ; but this was not the feeling of the great men in ...
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... person : and as a symptom of the rapid degeneracy in this respect , we find Sir John Suckling soon after boasting of himself as one- " Who prized black eyes , and a lucky hit At bowls , above all the trophies of wit . " It was ...
... person : and as a symptom of the rapid degeneracy in this respect , we find Sir John Suckling soon after boasting of himself as one- " Who prized black eyes , and a lucky hit At bowls , above all the trophies of wit . " It was ...
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... Persons in middle life at this day , who can afford a good dinner every day , do not look forward to it as any parti- cular subject of exultation : the poor peasant , who can only contrive to treat himself to a joint of meat on a Sunday ...
... Persons in middle life at this day , who can afford a good dinner every day , do not look forward to it as any parti- cular subject of exultation : the poor peasant , who can only contrive to treat himself to a joint of meat on a Sunday ...
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... persons in the play before us , on whom the event of the plot chiefly hinges , do in fact turn out to be no better than changelings and natural idiots . This is carrying innocence and simplicity too . far . So again , the character of ...
... persons in the play before us , on whom the event of the plot chiefly hinges , do in fact turn out to be no better than changelings and natural idiots . This is carrying innocence and simplicity too . far . So again , the character of ...
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