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... common observation . Should we be able to satisfy ourselves upon this subject , it is probable that even a practical benefit might result from it , since a person who is acquainted with the sources whence those ma- terials are derived ...
... common observation . Should we be able to satisfy ourselves upon this subject , it is probable that even a practical benefit might result from it , since a person who is acquainted with the sources whence those ma- terials are derived ...
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... common newspapers were composed in a correct and agreeable style . What I have now observed ought not to lessen the value of this accomplishment of writ- ing well in your opinion . The more general it is , the more indispensable it ...
... common newspapers were composed in a correct and agreeable style . What I have now observed ought not to lessen the value of this accomplishment of writ- ing well in your opinion . The more general it is , the more indispensable it ...
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... common in their mouths ; " And when they talk of him they shake their heads , " And whisper one another in the ear ; " And he , that speaks , doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; " " Whilst he , that hears , makes fearful action " With ...
... common in their mouths ; " And when they talk of him they shake their heads , " And whisper one another in the ear ; " And he , that speaks , doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; " " Whilst he , that hears , makes fearful action " With ...
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... , could ad- mire the French tragedies . Racine has less of bombasť than Corneille , and Voltaire perhaps than either . There are some circumstances , the antient critics would call them common - places , which when 42 THE PATHETIC .
... , could ad- mire the French tragedies . Racine has less of bombasť than Corneille , and Voltaire perhaps than either . There are some circumstances , the antient critics would call them common - places , which when 42 THE PATHETIC .
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... common trick , is seldom destitute of effect . If however there are many to participate in the misfortune , the partnership in sorrow seems to lessen its weight . The scenes between Arthur and Hubert in King John , are exquisitely ...
... common trick , is seldom destitute of effect . If however there are many to participate in the misfortune , the partnership in sorrow seems to lessen its weight . The scenes between Arthur and Hubert in King John , are exquisitely ...
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