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" Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. She was tragedy personified. "
Dictionary of National Biography - Page 194
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine; she was tragedy personified. In coming on in the sleeping-scene, her eyes were open, but their sense...
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A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 282 pages
...to our imagination the fables of mythology, of the heroic and deified mortals of elder time. She was not less than a goddess, or than a prophetess inspired...passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. She was Tragedy perI sonified. She was the stateliest ornament of the public mind. She was not only...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 7

1831 - 470 pages
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere lo awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut ; she was like a person...
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The Georgian Era: Political and rural economists. Painters, sculptors ...

1834 - 614 pages
...superior order had dropped frum a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow ; passion emanated from her breast, as from a shrine, in coming on in the steeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut ; she was like a person...
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Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad: With Tales and ..., Volumes 1-2

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1834 - 670 pages
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut ; she was like a person...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 14

Englishmen - 1837 - 286 pages
...superior order had dropped -from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow ; passion emanated from her breast, as from a shrine. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut ; she was like a person...
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Visits and sketches at home and abroad, Volume 2

Anna Brownell Jameson, Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1839 - 336 pages
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut; she was like a person...
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Criticisms and Dramatic Essays, of the English Stage

William Hazlitt - 1851 - 360 pages
...to our imagination the fables of mythology, of the heroic and deified mortals of elder time. She was not less than a goddess, or than a prophetess inspired...passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. She was tragedy personified. She was the stateliest ornament of the public mind. She was not only the...
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Criticisms and Dramatic Essays of the English Stage

William Hazlitt - 1851 - 364 pages
...our imagination the fables of mythology, of the 'heroic and deified mortals of elder time. She was not less than a goddess, or than a prophetess in'spired...passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. She was tragedy personified. She was the stateliest ornament, of the public mind. She was not only...
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The Shakespeare Papers of the Late William Maginn

William Maginn - 1856 - 372 pages
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine ; she wns tragedy personified. In coming on in the sleeping-scene, her eyes assuming a personage with...
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