Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical and Historical, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1846 - 345 pages |
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Page 12
... horror press upon her , and would apparently crush even her magnanimous spirit , but for the consciousness of her own worth and innocence , and the necessity that exists for asserting and defending both . If powers divine Behold our ...
... horror press upon her , and would apparently crush even her magnanimous spirit , but for the consciousness of her own worth and innocence , and the necessity that exists for asserting and defending both . If powers divine Behold our ...
Page 39
... horrors of the story . Desdemona does not accidentally drop the handkerchief ; it is stolen from her by Iago's little child , an infant of three years old , whom he trains or bribes to the theft . The love of Desdemona for this child ...
... horrors of the story . Desdemona does not accidentally drop the handkerchief ; it is stolen from her by Iago's little child , an infant of three years old , whom he trains or bribes to the theft . The love of Desdemona for this child ...
Page 47
... horror of the catastrophe eloquence and analytical criticism have been exhausted ; I will only add , that the source of the pathos throughout of that pathos which at once softens and deepens the tragic effect -- lies in the character of ...
... horror of the catastrophe eloquence and analytical criticism have been exhausted ; I will only add , that the source of the pathos throughout of that pathos which at once softens and deepens the tragic effect -- lies in the character of ...
Page 155
... baby at my breast , That sucks the nurse to sleep ? - These few words - the contrast between the ten- der beauty of the image and the horror of the situation - produce an effect more intensely mourn- ful than CLEOPATRA . 155.
... baby at my breast , That sucks the nurse to sleep ? - These few words - the contrast between the ten- der beauty of the image and the horror of the situation - produce an effect more intensely mourn- ful than CLEOPATRA . 155.
Page 194
... horrors and crimes - oppression and perfidy on the one hand , unavailing struggles on the other . Ten years of civil discord ensued , during which the greatest part of Bretagne was desolated , and nearly a third of the population ...
... horrors and crimes - oppression and perfidy on the one hand , unavailing struggles on the other . Ten years of civil discord ensued , during which the greatest part of Bretagne was desolated , and nearly a third of the population ...
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Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical and Historical, Volume 1 Anna Brownell Jameson No preview available - 2016 |
Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical. Volume 1 Anna Brownell Jameson No preview available - 2020 |
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