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... action . " What does the General make of the campaigns of Cæ- sar , and even of inferior generals who succeeded him ? Mr. Hayley's short character of Sallust contains sound criticism- " Sententious Sallust leads the lofty train ...
... action . " What does the General make of the campaigns of Cæ- sar , and even of inferior generals who succeeded him ? Mr. Hayley's short character of Sallust contains sound criticism- " Sententious Sallust leads the lofty train ...
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... actions , or miraculous achievements of their ancestors , the entertain- ment must have been delightful . Still the ex- pression must be such as to excite and engage the passions . The superstition always attached to so early a stage in ...
... actions , or miraculous achievements of their ancestors , the entertain- ment must have been delightful . Still the ex- pression must be such as to excite and engage the passions . The superstition always attached to so early a stage in ...
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... actions are the co- lumns and rafters that give it stability and ele- vation . " Poetry has been called an imitative art , and so it may be considered in some degree . But though it is an imitation of nature , it must not be , like a ...
... actions are the co- lumns and rafters that give it stability and ele- vation . " Poetry has been called an imitative art , and so it may be considered in some degree . But though it is an imitation of nature , it must not be , like a ...
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... action where it is noticed that Hamlet entertained a notion of de- stroying himself , and it is altogether inconsist- ent with his engagements to the ghost of his father . 2d . Trite and common thoughts , or re- flexions , however moral ...
... action where it is noticed that Hamlet entertained a notion of de- stroying himself , and it is altogether inconsist- ent with his engagements to the ghost of his father . 2d . Trite and common thoughts , or re- flexions , however moral ...
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... actions and cha- racters . We have therefore scarcely any thing in remote antiquity which deserves the title of a ... action , and to reason upon character ; then the muse of ethics discovered the natural connexion between sentiment ...
... actions and cha- racters . We have therefore scarcely any thing in remote antiquity which deserves the title of a ... action , and to reason upon character ; then the muse of ethics discovered the natural connexion between sentiment ...
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