American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 - Serial publications |
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Page 36
... action , a tomb , the object of all affections , of all regrets , of all hopes , which was inces- santly drawing beyond sea sovereigns and subjects , the valiant and the guilty , the former to seek enemies , kingdoms , adventures , the ...
... action , a tomb , the object of all affections , of all regrets , of all hopes , which was inces- santly drawing beyond sea sovereigns and subjects , the valiant and the guilty , the former to seek enemies , kingdoms , adventures , the ...
Page 43
... action limited within divisions of time un- suited , according to all the regular course of nature , for the happening of the supposed events , and passion and feeling doled out and checked by rigid weight and measure . When Cha ...
... action limited within divisions of time un- suited , according to all the regular course of nature , for the happening of the supposed events , and passion and feeling doled out and checked by rigid weight and measure . When Cha ...
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... action with such scenes as God himself has in a manner prepared . ' Racine justly thought so , for he alone possessed the harp of David consecrated to the scenes prepared by God . " Vol . I. pp . 284 , 5 . The era of Shakspeare is well ...
... action with such scenes as God himself has in a manner prepared . ' Racine justly thought so , for he alone possessed the harp of David consecrated to the scenes prepared by God . " Vol . I. pp . 284 , 5 . The era of Shakspeare is well ...
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... action . Consummatum est . " Such is the work in its simplicity ; the incidents and the narrations spring the one from the other . We travel through hell , chaos , heaven , earth , eternity , and time , amid blasphemies and hymns ...
... action . Consummatum est . " Such is the work in its simplicity ; the incidents and the narrations spring the one from the other . We travel through hell , chaos , heaven , earth , eternity , and time , amid blasphemies and hymns ...
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... actions and the seventeen general engage- ments ; he had taken part in the struggles against three hundred thousand regulars , and six or seven hundred thousand forced levies and national guards ; had helped to carry off five hundred ...
... actions and the seventeen general engage- ments ; he had taken part in the struggles against three hundred thousand regulars , and six or seven hundred thousand forced levies and national guards ; had helped to carry off five hundred ...
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