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Page 334
... manners of those characters , and of the thoughts proceeding from those manners . Rapin's words are remarkable ... manner of its contrivance , in relation of the parts to the whole . ' 3. The manners , or decency of the characters ...
... manners of those characters , and of the thoughts proceeding from those manners . Rapin's words are remarkable ... manner of its contrivance , in relation of the parts to the whole . ' 3. The manners , or decency of the characters ...
Page 335
... manners ; but the last improperly , only as it begets pity in the audience : though Aristotle , I confess , places ... manner . Either by yielding to him the greatest part of what he contends for , which consists in this , that the ...
... manners ; but the last improperly , only as it begets pity in the audience : though Aristotle , I confess , places ... manner . Either by yielding to him the greatest part of what he contends for , which consists in this , that the ...
Page 447
... manner was in general too scholastick for those who had yet their rudiments to learn , and found it not easy to understand their master . His observations were framed rather for those that were learning to write , than for those that ...
... manner was in general too scholastick for those who had yet their rudiments to learn , and found it not easy to understand their master . His observations were framed rather for those that were learning to write , than for those that ...
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