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... mind , is its first and most obvious effect . THE productions of genius , whether written in nar , rative , descriptive , or dramatic form , agree in the gene- ral character of presenting before the mind of the reader certain objects ...
... mind , is its first and most obvious effect . THE productions of genius , whether written in nar , rative , descriptive , or dramatic form , agree in the gene- ral character of presenting before the mind of the reader certain objects ...
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... mind . Mirth is short and transient , Cheerfulness fixed and permanent . Those are often raised into the greatest trans- ports of mirth , who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy ; on the contrary , cheerfulness ...
... mind . Mirth is short and transient , Cheerfulness fixed and permanent . Those are often raised into the greatest trans- ports of mirth , who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy ; on the contrary , cheerfulness ...
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... mind , is not only easy in his thoughts , but a perfect master of all the powers and fa- culties of his soul : his imagination is always clear , and his judgment undisturbed : his temper is even and unruffled , whether in action or in ...
... mind , is not only easy in his thoughts , but a perfect master of all the powers and fa- culties of his soul : his imagination is always clear , and his judgment undisturbed : his temper is even and unruffled , whether in action or in ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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