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Page 62
... passion in the language of nature . But the truth is , these Elegies have neither passion , nature , nor manners . Where there is fiction , there is no passion ; he that describes himself as a shepherd , and his Neæra or Delia as a shep ...
... passion in the language of nature . But the truth is , these Elegies have neither passion , nature , nor manners . Where there is fiction , there is no passion ; he that describes himself as a shepherd , and his Neæra or Delia as a shep ...
Page 258
... passion . But to excite this passion , and enforce this right , appeared so criminal to those who had an interest in the English trade , that the printer was imprisoned ; and , as Hawkesworth justly observes , the attention of the ...
... passion . But to excite this passion , and enforce this right , appeared so criminal to those who had an interest in the English trade , that the printer was imprisoned ; and , as Hawkesworth justly observes , the attention of the ...
Page 337
... Passion . These passages fix the appearance of the first to about 1725 , the time at which it came out . As Young ... passion about it . One passion is more effectually driven out by another than by reason , whatever some teach ...
... Passion . These passages fix the appearance of the first to about 1725 , the time at which it came out . As Young ... passion about it . One passion is more effectually driven out by another than by reason , whatever some teach ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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