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Page 73
... passions did not enter the world before the Fall , there is in the Paradise Lost little opportunity for the pathetick ; but what little there is has not been lost . That passion which is peculiar to rational nature , the anguish arising ...
... passions did not enter the world before the Fall , there is in the Paradise Lost little opportunity for the pathetick ; but what little there is has not been lost . That passion which is peculiar to rational nature , the anguish arising ...
Page 231
... passion which most predominates in our souls , and that therefore the passions represented become insipid , unless they are conformable to the thoughts of the audience . But it is to be concluded that this passion works not now amongst ...
... passion which most predominates in our souls , and that therefore the passions represented become insipid , unless they are conformable to the thoughts of the audience . But it is to be concluded that this passion works not now amongst ...
Page 237
... passions have been always moved : which shews , that there is something of force and merit in the plays themselves , conducing to the design of raising these two passions : and suppose them ever to have been excellently acted , yet ...
... passions have been always moved : which shews , that there is something of force and merit in the plays themselves , conducing to the design of raising these two passions : and suppose them ever to have been excellently acted , yet ...
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Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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