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... of slight Breaches of Duty . Aga- HAWKES . WARTON mus's Account of his Daughter HAWKES . 135. Agamus's Account of his Daugh- ter continued 136. Concluded .... No. .. 137. Writers not a useless Generation JOHNSON 138. CONTENTS . vii.
... of slight Breaches of Duty . Aga- HAWKES . WARTON mus's Account of his Daughter HAWKES . 135. Agamus's Account of his Daugh- ter continued 136. Concluded .... No. .. 137. Writers not a useless Generation JOHNSON 138. CONTENTS . vii.
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... daughter Miranda speaks to him : If by your art , my dearest father , you have Put the wild waters in this roar , allay them : which intimate that the tempest described in the preceding scene 10 N ° 93 . ADVENTURER .
... daughter Miranda speaks to him : If by your art , my dearest father , you have Put the wild waters in this roar , allay them : which intimate that the tempest described in the preceding scene 10 N ° 93 . ADVENTURER .
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... daughter , is immediately introduced in a short and natural nar- ration . The officers of his attendant Spirit , Ariel , are enumerated with amazing wildness of fancy , and yet with equal propriety : his employment is said to be , -To ...
... daughter , is immediately introduced in a short and natural nar- ration . The officers of his attendant Spirit , Ariel , are enumerated with amazing wildness of fancy , and yet with equal propriety : his employment is said to be , -To ...
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... daughter ; whose beauty , ' he tells them , is incomparable . ' The charms of Miranda could not be more exalted , than by extorting this testimony from so insensible a monster . Shakspeare seems to be the only poet who pos- sesses N ...
... daughter ; whose beauty , ' he tells them , is incomparable . ' The charms of Miranda could not be more exalted , than by extorting this testimony from so insensible a monster . Shakspeare seems to be the only poet who pos- sesses N ...
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... daughter , the heiress of his dukedom ; and the awful solemnity of his character , as a skilful ma- gician ; are all along preserved with equal con- sistency , dignity , and decorum . One part of his behaviour deserves to be ...
... daughter , the heiress of his dukedom ; and the awful solemnity of his character , as a skilful ma- gician ; are all along preserved with equal con- sistency , dignity , and decorum . One part of his behaviour deserves to be ...
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