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Page 144
... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active ...
... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active ...
Page 392
... produced the Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted ; for he is said to have sat in the house , laughing with great vehemence , whenever he had in his own opinion produced a ...
... produced the Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted ; for he is said to have sat in the house , laughing with great vehemence , whenever he had in his own opinion produced a ...
Page 416
... produced it . Not long afterwards an attempt was made to revive the Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and con ...
... produced it . Not long afterwards an attempt was made to revive the Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and con ...
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