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Page 99
... effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays or of any Shakespeare's great set pieces ; and this is independent of the sense ; it is due to the emotional power of rhythmical speech . But more than that : verse forces on the matter a ...
... effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays or of any Shakespeare's great set pieces ; and this is independent of the sense ; it is due to the emotional power of rhythmical speech . But more than that : verse forces on the matter a ...
Page 100
... effect . That willing suspen- sion of disbelief of which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of ... effects that stimulated and excited the public . The dramatist of ideas had to swallow the bitter pill that the ...
... effect . That willing suspen- sion of disbelief of which Coleridge wrote is essential to it . The importance of ... effects that stimulated and excited the public . The dramatist of ideas had to swallow the bitter pill that the ...
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... effect , then perhaps it is not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched at this new notion as though it was the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag the old devil himself back into existence ...
... effect , then perhaps it is not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched at this new notion as though it was the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag the old devil himself back into existence ...
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