Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... characters them- selves , not only of every outward look and act , but of the flux and reflux of the mind in all its subtlest thoughts and feelings , were placing the whole before our view ; himself meanwhile un- participating in 15.
... characters them- selves , not only of every outward look and act , but of the flux and reflux of the mind in all its subtlest thoughts and feelings , were placing the whole before our view ; himself meanwhile un- participating in 15.
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... look and gesture , which in his dramatic works he was entitled to expect from the players . His " Venus and Adonis " seem at once the characters themselves , and the whole representation of those characters by the most.consummate actors ...
... look and gesture , which in his dramatic works he was entitled to expect from the players . His " Venus and Adonis " seem at once the characters themselves , and the whole representation of those characters by the most.consummate actors ...
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... looks fresh : and DEATH to me subscribes ! Since spite of him , I'll live in this poor rhyme , While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes . And thou in this shalt find thy monument , When tyrant's crests , and tombs of brass are ...
... looks fresh : and DEATH to me subscribes ! Since spite of him , I'll live in this poor rhyme , While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes . And thou in this shalt find thy monument , When tyrant's crests , and tombs of brass are ...
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... Look how a bright star shooteth from the sky ! So glides he through the night from Venus ' eye . 4. The last character I shall mention , which would prove indeed but little , except as taken conjointly with the former ; yet without ...
... Look how a bright star shooteth from the sky ! So glides he through the night from Venus ' eye . 4. The last character I shall mention , which would prove indeed but little , except as taken conjointly with the former ; yet without ...
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... looks were calm , her senses clear . No more I know , I wish I did , And I would tell it all to you ; For what became of this poor child There's none that ever knew : And if a child was born or no , There's no one that could ever tell ...
... looks were calm , her senses clear . No more I know , I wish I did , And I would tell it all to you ; For what became of this poor child There's none that ever knew : And if a child was born or no , There's no one that could ever tell ...
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