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Page 166
... those ages and all those nations , that he intended to paint . IX . The number of the pieces of Corneille is much greater than that of Racine : Corneille , notwithstanding , has made fewer tautologies and repetitions than Racine has ...
... those ages and all those nations , that he intended to paint . IX . The number of the pieces of Corneille is much greater than that of Racine : Corneille , notwithstanding , has made fewer tautologies and repetitions than Racine has ...
Page 323
... those which love has made ! Let wealth , let honour wait the wedded dame , Auguft her deed and facred be her fame ; Before true paffion all these views remove , Fame , wealth , and honour , what are you to love ! : Thefe fentiments are ...
... those which love has made ! Let wealth , let honour wait the wedded dame , Auguft her deed and facred be her fame ; Before true paffion all these views remove , Fame , wealth , and honour , what are you to love ! : Thefe fentiments are ...
Page 401
... those bitter and natural execrations , mixed with a tender mention of his parents , which reach to the jects have fo much horror in them , that they cannot be pre- fented with too much hafte and rapidity to the imagina- tion . " - Such ...
... those bitter and natural execrations , mixed with a tender mention of his parents , which reach to the jects have fo much horror in them , that they cannot be pre- fented with too much hafte and rapidity to the imagina- tion . " - Such ...
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