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... We'll steal into our cruel father's breasts , There read their souls , and track
each passion's sphere ; See how Revenge ... and write Pure and white forms ;
then with a radiant light Their breasts encircle , till their passions be Gentle as
nature ...
... We'll steal into our cruel father's breasts , There read their souls , and track
each passion's sphere ; See how Revenge ... and write Pure and white forms ;
then with a radiant light Their breasts encircle , till their passions be Gentle as
nature ...
Page 181
With the fimple and elemental passions , as they spring separate in the mind , he
seems not much acquainted ; and seldom describes them but as they are
complicated by the various relations of society , and confused in the tumults and ...
With the fimple and elemental passions , as they spring separate in the mind , he
seems not much acquainted ; and seldom describes them but as they are
complicated by the various relations of society , and confused in the tumults and ...
Page 201
Samuel Johnson. a predominates in our souls , and that there“ fore 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 the
...
Samuel Johnson. a predominates in our souls , and that there“ fore 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 the
...
Page 214
One reason is , because whatever actors 66 they have found , the event has
been “ the same ; that is , the same passions have “ been always moved ; which
shews that " there is something of force and merit in the plays themselves ,
conducing ...
One reason is , because whatever actors 66 they have found , the event has
been “ the same ; that is , the same passions have “ been always moved ; which
shews that " there is something of force and merit in the plays themselves ,
conducing ...
Page 400
sence of poetical art : that such an author " is humbly contented to raise men's
passions “ by a plot without doors , since he despairs “ of doing it by that which he
brings upon “ the stage . That party and passion , and prepossession , are ...
sence of poetical art : that such an author " is humbly contented to raise men's
passions “ by a plot without doors , since he despairs “ of doing it by that which he
brings upon “ the stage . That party and passion , and prepossession , are ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 2 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1750 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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