The Pamphleteer, Volume 12Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1818 |
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... human reason , several moralists ( among whom may be noticed the eloquent citizen of Geneva ) have not hesitated to condemn them as fatal to morals . These austere men , in considering the nature of Theatres in general , have thought ...
... human reason , several moralists ( among whom may be noticed the eloquent citizen of Geneva ) have not hesitated to condemn them as fatal to morals . These austere men , in considering the nature of Theatres in general , have thought ...
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... humanity , in identifying ourselves with the unfortunate . But these two primitive springs although essential to tragedy are perhaps too melancholy . In a word , terror op- presses and subdues the heart and pity softens it too much ...
... humanity , in identifying ourselves with the unfortunate . But these two primitive springs although essential to tragedy are perhaps too melancholy . In a word , terror op- presses and subdues the heart and pity softens it too much ...
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... that because the imperfections of human nature are not unknown to those persons of whom I have just been speaking , they can and ought to be brought on the comic stage as well as those of other men ; for it is 60 [ 12 Mr. Delpla on.
... that because the imperfections of human nature are not unknown to those persons of whom I have just been speaking , they can and ought to be brought on the comic stage as well as those of other men ; for it is 60 [ 12 Mr. Delpla on.
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... human heart than with local and arbitrary rules , have not ceased to declaim against domestic tragedy ? They have succeeded , it is true , in causing them to be neglected and even banished from the great theatres : they have seen the ...
... human heart than with local and arbitrary rules , have not ceased to declaim against domestic tragedy ? They have succeeded , it is true , in causing them to be neglected and even banished from the great theatres : they have seen the ...
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... human ; instead of opposing a bank to the torrent which hurries , confuses , and destroys every thing , we need only let it flow unnoticed , and the infallible result of such an apathy will ever be the same as it has been : the disorga ...
... human ; instead of opposing a bank to the torrent which hurries , confuses , and destroys every thing , we need only let it flow unnoticed , and the infallible result of such an apathy will ever be the same as it has been : the disorga ...
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Page 158 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
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