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Page 339
... means to bring us to virtue , but generally love to virtue and hatred to vice ; by shewing the rewards of one , and punishments of the other ; at least , by rendering virtue always amiable , tho ' it be shewn unfortunate ; and vice ...
... means to bring us to virtue , but generally love to virtue and hatred to vice ; by shewing the rewards of one , and punishments of the other ; at least , by rendering virtue always amiable , tho ' it be shewn unfortunate ; and vice ...
Page 340
... means , which they have used , have been successful , and have produced them . ' And one reason of that success is , in my opinion , this , that Shakespeare and Fletcher have written to the genius of the age and nation in which they ...
... means , which they have used , have been successful , and have produced them . ' And one reason of that success is , in my opinion , this , that Shakespeare and Fletcher have written to the genius of the age and nation in which they ...
Page 416
... means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and con- fusion ; and either the turbulence of the times , or the satiety of the readers , put a stop to the ...
... means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and con- fusion ; and either the turbulence of the times , or the satiety of the readers , put a stop to the ...
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