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Page 43
... humanity can bestow , Anthony Benezet exhi- bits the rare example of a man , subjecting every selfish and ambitious pas- sion to the superior obligations of religion , offering himself a candidate for any service which might contribute ...
... humanity can bestow , Anthony Benezet exhi- bits the rare example of a man , subjecting every selfish and ambitious pas- sion to the superior obligations of religion , offering himself a candidate for any service which might contribute ...
Page 45
... human frailty . He considered a penu- rious mind as scarcely rational , and aware of his liability to censure with severity those who indulged that degrading propensity , he often checked himself when about to give loose to his feelings ...
... human frailty . He considered a penu- rious mind as scarcely rational , and aware of his liability to censure with severity those who indulged that degrading propensity , he often checked himself when about to give loose to his feelings ...
Page 90
... human kind , And , in the generous service , find A source of purer pleasure . A deserted " Amelia " complains in good set terms of a faithless " Ce- ladon , " who really does not appear to be worth her regret . Of so fickle a swain we ...
... human kind , And , in the generous service , find A source of purer pleasure . A deserted " Amelia " complains in good set terms of a faithless " Ce- ladon , " who really does not appear to be worth her regret . Of so fickle a swain we ...
Page 101
... human heart . " ( Eloge de Racine . ) But we should not omit to throw a glance over the efforts of his early years . In the midst of all his defects , we shall thus perceive the germ of great poetical talent , and Racine early ...
... human heart . " ( Eloge de Racine . ) But we should not omit to throw a glance over the efforts of his early years . In the midst of all his defects , we shall thus perceive the germ of great poetical talent , and Racine early ...
Page 108
... human heart ; and in this he beheld the true nature of tragedy . He conceived that the great desire which attracted spectators to the theatre , the greatest pleasure which they experienced , consisted in viewing themselves as it were in ...
... human heart ; and in this he beheld the true nature of tragedy . He conceived that the great desire which attracted spectators to the theatre , the greatest pleasure which they experienced , consisted in viewing themselves as it were in ...
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