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... excellence . Prior is never low , nor very often sublime . It is said by Longinus of Euripides , that he forces himself sometimes into grandeur by violence of effort , as the lion kindles his fury by the lashes of his own tail ...
... excellence . Prior is never low , nor very often sublime . It is said by Longinus of Euripides , that he forces himself sometimes into grandeur by violence of effort , as the lion kindles his fury by the lashes of his own tail ...
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... excellence that , for half a year before it was acted , the manager allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer , for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who im- mediately ...
... excellence that , for half a year before it was acted , the manager allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer , for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who im- mediately ...
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... excellence , they are lost at once in the blaze of admiration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty- fifth year , before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence ...
... excellence , they are lost at once in the blaze of admiration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty- fifth year , before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence ...
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... excellence , which he supposed to consist in gay remarks and unexpected answers ; but that which he endeavoured , he seldom failed of performing . His scenes exhibit not much of humour , imagery , or passion : his personages are a kind ...
... excellence , which he supposed to consist in gay remarks and unexpected answers ; but that which he endeavoured , he seldom failed of performing . His scenes exhibit not much of humour , imagery , or passion : his personages are a kind ...
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... excellence , that his character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design nor skill in the delineation . " The first I shall name is Mr. Johnson , a gentleman that owes to nature excellent faculties and an ...
... excellence , that his character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design nor skill in the delineation . " The first I shall name is Mr. Johnson , a gentleman that owes to nature excellent faculties and an ...
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