Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes, 1883 - 486 pages |
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... character , and to make him meek or fiery , candid or deceitful , resolute or timorous , cheerful or morose . This original bent , termed disposition , must be distinguished from a principle : the latter signifying a law of human nature ...
... character , and to make him meek or fiery , candid or deceitful , resolute or timorous , cheerful or morose . This original bent , termed disposition , must be distinguished from a principle : the latter signifying a law of human nature ...
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... character , it would appear that they are greatly liable to abuse , and that they have been extensively abused . " ] [ Upon the subject of Taste and Genius , Cousin thus remarks : " Three 47. The easy transition from corporeal pleasures ...
... character , it would appear that they are greatly liable to abuse , and that they have been extensively abused . " ] [ Upon the subject of Taste and Genius , Cousin thus remarks : " Three 47. The easy transition from corporeal pleasures ...
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... character and behavior . To the man who has acquired a taste so acute and accomplished , every action wrong or improper must be highly disgustful ; if , in any instance , the over bearing power of passion sway him from his duty , he ...
... character and behavior . To the man who has acquired a taste so acute and accomplished , every action wrong or improper must be highly disgustful ; if , in any instance , the over bearing power of passion sway him from his duty , he ...
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... character . I see one deliver- ing a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what intention the money is given : if it be given to discharge a debt , the action pleases me in a slight degree ...
... character . I see one deliver- ing a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what intention the money is given : if it be given to discharge a debt , the action pleases me in a slight degree ...
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... character . What woman , tinc- tured with the playhouse morals , would not be the sprightly , the witty , though dissolute Lady Townly , rather than the cold , the sober , though virtuous Lady Grace ? How odious ought writers to be who ...
... character . What woman , tinc- tured with the playhouse morals , would not be the sprightly , the witty , though dissolute Lady Townly , rather than the cold , the sober , though virtuous Lady Grace ? How odious ought writers to be who ...
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