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The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E. Malone] with ... - Page lviii
by William Shakespeare - 1832
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Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature, Volume 1

H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...operate but upon small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinion»: they are the genuine progeny of common humanity; such...the whole system of life is continued in motion. In tbe writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakspeare it i«...
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Philological tracts, &c

Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1823 - 432 pages
...by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers; or by the accidents of transient fashions...influence of those general passions and •principles _by which .all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: The author's life ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 pages
...the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions...observation will always find. His persons act and speak by tbe influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 pages
...the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions...the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the [B3] world will always supply, and observation will always find. His .persons act and speak by the...
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon t it might have the first and the latter rain, and...the poor and oppressed have been precious in mine ill minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other...
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A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Source of the Pleasures Derived from Tragic ...

Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - Acting - 1824 - 430 pages
...modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world, by the particularities of studies or professions, which can operate but on...supply, and observation will always find. His persons always act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Miscellaneous pieces

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...perfick annos. Hon. Ep. II. 1. v. 39. peculiarities of studios or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions...-persons act and speak by the influence of those general _ passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 17

Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 386 pages
...they arc not influenced by the peculiarities of studies, or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers, or by the accidents of transient fashions...life is continued in motion. In the writings of other dramatists, a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakespeare, it is commonly a species....
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 17

Anecdotes - 1826 - 370 pages
...they are not influenced by the peculiarities of studies, or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers, or by the accidents of transient fashions...influence of those general passions and principles by hid. all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of...
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Literary gems [ed. by J.S.].

Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers: or by the accidents of transient fashions...temporary opinions : they are the genuine progeny oi common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always find. His persons...
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