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Page 18
... from the circumstance of their ministering to the worst passions of the human
breast . They originate no virtuous feelingthey lead to no self - examination , no
conviction of one's own worthlessness — no desire to improve either the physical
...
... from the circumstance of their ministering to the worst passions of the human
breast . They originate no virtuous feelingthey lead to no self - examination , no
conviction of one's own worthlessness — no desire to improve either the physical
...
Page 43
... of studied , formal art - action limited within divisions of time unsuited ,
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 .
... of studied , formal art - action limited within divisions of time unsuited ,
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 .
Page 46
Mahomet II . had an Icoglan decapitated for the purpose of giving a painter an
idea of death . Strange compound of man and woman ! Elizabeth seems , during
the whole of her mysterious life , to have felt but one passion , and never to have
...
Mahomet II . had an Icoglan decapitated for the purpose of giving a painter an
idea of death . Strange compound of man and woman ! Elizabeth seems , during
the whole of her mysterious life , to have felt but one passion , and never to have
...
Page 48
Another charge is brought against Shakspeare which we feel desirous of
repelling -- a want of passion and true feeling . He is represented as a sceptic -- a
sort of abstract , metaphysicalminded man , who sported with the affections as
with toys ...
Another charge is brought against Shakspeare which we feel desirous of
repelling -- a want of passion and true feeling . He is represented as a sceptic -- a
sort of abstract , metaphysicalminded man , who sported with the affections as
with toys ...
Page 87
Burr was a bad , brave man , of restless temperament and uncontrolled passions
. While a soldier , there was no enterprise dangerous enough to appal himno
hazard which , in pursuit of his military ambition , he would not readily run .
Burr was a bad , brave man , of restless temperament and uncontrolled passions
. While a soldier , there was no enterprise dangerous enough to appal himno
hazard which , in pursuit of his military ambition , he would not readily run .
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 21 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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